Am I the only one worried that Alexa, and Echo, and all the other smart home devices have an open microphone? Who else besides Alexa is listening?
Considering all the people trying to delete their Facebook accounts (and good luck with that, by the way), are you at all concerned that Alexa might not be the only one hearing you request your vibrator be turned on?
Who else is monitoring? I dunno. Hopefully nobody. But I assume if there's an open microphone then someone can find a way to hack into it.
I don't want to be singing "Sweet Caroline" and five nerds somewhere in cubicles are singing "So good! So good! So good!"
I don't want to bitch about my laundry detergent and suddenly get text messages from Tide.
Another concern: Alexa gets a lot of directions wrong. How good is that microphone? Will I be getting texts from Tide when I bitch about Trump?
I may just be paranoid, but at least for now, if I want to turn off a light I'll walk over and turn it off myself. Plus, I get credit for steps on my way to 10,000 a day. Wait a minute. Who is my Fitbit talking to?
from By Ken Levine
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