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Be Careful With Who You Invite Into Your Home

Amazon devices are not on my guests list. Neither are Google’s and Facebook’s. From a recent article from Gizmodo – “The Amazon Alexa Eavesdropping Nightmare Came True“: An Amazon user in Germany recently requested data about his personal activities and inadvertently gained access to 1,700 audio rec

JF Martin

Jan 2, 2019

Amazon devices are not on my guests list. Neither are Google’s and Facebook’s. From a recent article from Gizmodo – “The Amazon Alexa Eavesdropping Nightmare Came True“:

An Amazon user in Germany recently requested data about his personal activities and inadvertently gained access to 1,700 audio recordings of someone he didn’t know.

I’m wondering if we give too much power in the hands of tech giants.

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