Amazon’s Alexa recorded while she was sleeping, customer said. What happened?


Creegan said she was concerned that a scammer could have somehow activated her Echo Dot device and then recorded her conversation, hoping to get enough breadcrumbs to somehow steal her personal information. — Amazon

“Hey, Alexa.”

It’s a command that’s probably said millions of times a day as consumers ask questions of Amazon’s artificial intelligence voice. Amazon recently said it has sold more than 500 million Alexa-enabled devices.

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