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The Amazon Alexa Eavesdropping Nightmare Came True

60 pointsby rayvyover 6 years ago

3 comments

shshhdhsover 6 years ago
Dupe: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;threatpost.com&#x2F;amazon-1700-alexa-voice-recordings&#x2F;140201&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;threatpost.com&#x2F;amazon-1700-alexa-voice-recordings&#x2F;14...</a><p>Also, the original has a better title &amp; discussion. This title is clickbaity.
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hnrodeyover 6 years ago
An important detail not directly addressed in the article (or I missed it) is do the audio recordings include conversations between Alexa commands? Or where the audio recordings specifically related to the human issuing commands to the device? Either way, it&#x27;s a huge issue the data was leaked to the wrong customer.<p>I find it hard to believe this was a one-time mistake.
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spullaraover 6 years ago
This is one of the real dangers of GDPR. If you make it really easy to download the entirety of someone&#x27;s online life mistakes and fraud will occur where the wrong person receives it. This was probably some human error and not malicious but I will bet the malicious cases are coming (or are already occurring).
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