

I also knew that things we asked Alexa to do were being recorded and sent to Amazon, and that I could play back these recordings and delete them if I wanted to.īut it’s actually quite frustrating to sort through them. I knew the array of seven microphones I had put in the center of my house could hear what we were saying and act on it.

I acknowledge my responsibility here as a consumer. And your kids may be accidentally triggering the smart speaker to start recording them, too. Bits of your private conversations may no longer be ephemeral, and it’s largely outside your control. Relying on wake words like “Alexa!” or “Hey, Siri” is sometimes wishful thinking.

For example: there is a very real trade-off if you want to let technology decide when and what to listen to.
