Amazon is reviewing how its voice-activated speakers work after a woman claimed her Echo device recorded a private conversation in her home and sent it to a contact without her knowledge. The company said: “Echo woke up due to a word in background conversation sounding like ‘Alexa’ [the default trigger for the device]. Alexa then asked out loud, ‘[contact name], right?’ Alexa then interpreted background conversation as ‘right’. “The person on the other line said: ‘Unplug your Alexa devices right now,’” Danielle told the station. Amazon and Google say their speakers are designed to record audio only when activated with a trigger word, such as “Alexa” or “Hey Google”.

Source: The Irish Times May 25, 2018 10:52 UTC