Smart Speakers And Their Potential Privacy Concerns

Some of the biggest companies in the U.S. have been selling smart speakers, which means they are artificially intelligent and can listen to people’s conversations. The extent to how much unwanted monitoring, or more aptly recording, is being conducted depends on the degree of privacy people are willing to give up — something that can be said for a lot of technology.

Amazon devices equipped with its virtual assistant known as Alexa, for example, record everything a person says in its vicinity — but only if you say “Alexa” or whatever customized “wake word” used to activate the device.