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CREEPY: Alexa Records Couple’s Private Conversation, Sends It To Random Contact

Hank Berrien

In a creepy invasion of privacy, a Portland, Oregon, couple whose home had every room wired with Amazon’s Alexa to control the home’s heat, lights and security system, discovered their private conversations were sent to a random person on their contact list.

Speaking to KIRO-TV, Danielle, who preferred to keep her last name private, said, “My husband and I would joke and say, ‘I’d bet these devices are listening to what we’re saying.’”

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