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Real WTF here is that Amazon is actually recording this. They break many laws by doing that. edit: Why downvotes? It is illegal to do voice recording without a

• tylerhou 10y ago
  What laws specifically?
  • jankotek 10y ago
    In some states you need to notify all parties (or get their consent) before you record their voice. EULA does not cover it, your visitors did not signed it. Only way is to put label: "This area is monitored by CCTV"... Also recording phone calls could be illegal. Amazon should put disclaimer before every conversation :-) me: "Alexa" al: "This conversation might be recorded for monitoring and training purposes" me: "Call Dad"
• Godel_unicode 10y ago
  Can you clarify? It sounds like you're implying that Amazon is breaking the law by using the cloud for voice recognition?
  • jankotek 10y ago
    Amazon would break the law, if their persisted data uploaded to their servers. Article implies they do that. (I am not lawyer)
• johnward 10y ago
  Are they breaking a law when, I assume, I agreed to let them do this in the first place,?
• gumby 10y ago
  If in fact they are recording; we don't know. And I don't know what laws might be broken were they to do so. Note: I'm talking about general recording. You can tell from the Alexa app that they keep the queries themselves since you can review them yourself. Do the police hope the accused said to the device, "Alexa, how do I murder someone?"