could just listen in on your home conversations. To be doubly sure, go to Communications in your Alexa App and adjust the “Drop In” setting to “My Household” or Off. 4. This is the most ...

Alexa only starts listening when it hears the wake word, but there have been cases of it misinterpreting sounds and recording conversations. You can stop Alexa from listening by pressing the mute ...

Since we’ve started inviting them into our homes, many of us have began casting a wary eye at our smart speakers. What exactly are they doing with the constant stream of audio we generate, some ...

A couple in Portland, Oregon joked that their Amazon Alexa might be listening in to their private conversations ... in their contact list. "Unplug your Alexa devices right now!" ...

I have heard that talking to chatbots or virtual assistants or whatever other AI device you have lying around is a growing ...

Google and Apple out of your conversations. When you ask Alexa to do something, such as play a song or turn on the lights, Alexa will say something like, "OK, turning on the lights." This is to ...

The terms and conditions for Amazon's Alexa service state that voice ... always "hearing", they are typically not "listening" to your conversations. All the major home assistants record and ...