Alexa Echo Eavesdropping: What went wrong, How to stop it

Amazon’s Alexa made a boo-boo this week. In a home in Portland, Alexa heard what she thought were a set of commands – to record a conversation and send it to a contact – and she did that. Unfortunately, the people in the conversation had no idea this was happening. As Amazon explains it, it’s likely Alexa was doing exactly … Continue reading