Portland woman discovered her Alexa recorded and sent a private conversationIt was only until a contact let her know that she became aware of the flawAmazon says it's aware of the issue and in the process of releasing a fixIssue raised the ire of privacy advocates who worry Alexa is spying on its users
By ANNIE PALMER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 18:22 EST, 24 May 2018 | UPDATED: 06:52 EST, 25 May 2018
Be careful of what you say around your Echo devices.
A Portland woman was shocked to discover that Echo recorded and sent audio of a private conversation to one of their contacts without their knowledge, according to KIRO 7.
The woman, who is only identified as Danielle, said her family had installed the popular voice-activated speakers throughout their home.
It wasn't until a random contact called to let them know that he'd received a call from Alexa that they realized their device had mistakenly transmitted a private conversation.
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The woman, who is only identified as Danielle (pictured above), said her family had installed the popular voice-activated speakers throughout their home
A Portland woman was shocked to discover that Echo recorded and sent audio of a private conversation to one of their contacts without their knowledge
The contact, who was one of her husband's work employees, told the woman to 'unplug your Alexa devices right now. You're being hacked', KIRO noted.
'We unplugged all of them and he proceeded to tell us that he had received audio files of recordings from inside our house,' Danielle said.
'...I felt invaded. Immediately I said, "I'm never plugging that device in again, because I can't trust it"', she added.
Thankfully, the recorded conversation was only about hardware floors, but the incident has still managed to spark fears of Alexa spying on its users.
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