[ale] Amazon confirms that Echo device secretly shared user's private audio

[allen at ua.edu (Beddingfield, Allen)]

Government = Amazon = Google = Microsoft = Apple .....
If Amazon gets the data, the government can get or intercept it.

On 5/24/18 1:33 PM, Greg Clifton via Ale wrote:
> And we (well most of us or at least many of us) thought that Big Brother 
> was going to be the Government!
> 
> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Calvin Harrigan via Ale <ale at ale.org 
> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Appalled and outraged! </s>
> 
> 
>     On 05/24/2018 02:29 PM, Raj Wurttemberg via Ale wrote:
> 
>         Is anyone actually surprised by this??
> 
>         /Raj
> 
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org <mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org>> On
>         Behalf Of DJ-Pfulio via Ale
>         Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 2:12 PM
>         To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org <mailto:ale at ale.org>>
>         Subject: [ale] Amazon confirms that Echo device secretly shared
>         user's
>         private audio
> 
>         https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/05/amazon-confirms-that-echo-device-sec
>         <https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/05/amazon-confirms-that-echo-device-sec>
>         retly-shared-users-private-audio/
> 
>         IoT security rocks! /s
> 
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