The Reason Your Amazon Alexa Devices Are Always Listening
It's not as nefarious as it sounds.
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Amazon Alexa in all its forms has become increasingly prevalent across households — over 600 million Alexa-enabled devices have been purchased worldwide since its initial release. Even though this doesn't translate directly to active Alexa users, it's still an impressive figure that, for many people, conjures up privacy concerns. This proliferation of Alexa is only going to increase, with Amazon just announcing several new products, many of which — like the company's new line of tablets — actively involve Alexa.
Willingly placing a microphone-centric device in your home certainly sounds very Big Brother-esque, especially with how quickly you can build an entire Alexa ecosystem to essentially run every device in the house. This integration is even more compounded with the continued rollout of Alexa+, which is designed to have additional real-world applications. But is Alexa really always eavesdropping on...
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