Bloomberg revealed in 2019 that Amazon employs thousands of people worldwide to listen to Alexa voice recordings from users' homes. Workers transcribed, annotated, and analyzed recordings — sometimes capturing sensitive or private moments. Amazon initially downplayed the practice, saying it was to 'improve the customer experience.' The FTC later fined Amazon $25 million for retaining children's voice recordings indefinitely and misleading users about deletion practices.
Amazon Alexa devices record and store conversations, with human employees listening to audio clips
“Alexa is always listening. Amazon records your conversations and has employees reviewing them. These smart speakers are surveillance devices.”
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“We take privacy seriously. Alexa only streams audio to the cloud after detecting the wake word. We use a small sample of recordings to improve the service.”
— Amazon Spokesperson · Apr 2019
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“We take privacy seriously. Alexa only streams audio to the cloud after detecting the wake word. We use a small sample of recordings to improve the service.”
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