Amazon reveals private Alexa voice data files (opens in new tab)

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26 pointsgeococcyxc7y ago2 comments

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I've never understood the charm of having an always on, listen to everything home assistants... Why? Just why?

To be honest though, I do have Google assistant on my phone and vibe recognition turned on... But at least that's an option. With these in home assistants, voice is the only mode!

s_kilk7y ago

So Amazon does keep these recordings server-side, indefinitely? Are we still to trust that they're only recording once the trigger-word is detected?

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rraghur7y ago

I've never understood the charm of having an always on, listen to everything home assistants... Why? Just why?

To be honest though, I do have Google assistant on my phone and vibe recognition turned on... But at least that's an option. With these in home assistants, voice is the only mode!

s_kilk7y ago

So Amazon does keep these recordings server-side, indefinitely? Are we still to trust that they're only recording once the trigger-word is detected?

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