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TopicAmazon Echo recorded family's conversation, then sent it to a random person
iamintents
05/24/18 9:05:03 PM
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A family in Portland, Ore., received a nightmarish phone call two weeks ago.
Unplug your Alexa devices right now, a voice on the other line said. Youre being hacked.
Apparently, one of Amazon.com's Alexa-powered Echo devices in their house had silently sent recordings to the caller without the family's permission, according to KIRO 7, a news station covering Seattle and western Washington state that first reported the story. The person, an employee of the husband, was in the family's contact list.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/05/24/an-amazon-echo- recorded-a-familys-conversation -then-sent-it-to-a-random-person-in-their-contacts-report-says/
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