General Article ‘Alexa, are you invading my privacy?’ – the dark side of our voice assistants

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There are more than 100m Alexa-enabled devices in our homes. But are they fun time-savers or the beginning of an Orwellian nightmare?

By Dorian Lynskey

One day in 2017, Alexa went rogue. When Martin Josephson, who lives in London, came home from work, he heard his Amazon Echo Dot voice assistant ...

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