Sometimes I just think I am just "old fashioned" for not trusting these devices, and my now I feel vindicated.
24th May, 2018 By Lawrence Abrams
As much as people enjoy their virtual assistants, sometimes they do things that are downright creepy. Such is the case for a family in Portland who discovered that Amazon Alexa recorded a conversation without permission and sent it to a random person in their contact list.
According to KIRO 7, a family from Portland suddenly received a phone call from a person on their contact list telling them to "Unplug your Alexa devices right now, You're being hacked."
Full Article.
See my Amazon.com unpopular review for the Echo Dot from back in 2016:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/review/R3CQ8R2WPAT6CH?ref_=glimp_1rv_cl
https://www.amazon.com/gp/review/R3CQ8R2WPAT6CH?ref_=glimp_1rv_cl
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