Is Alexa secretly listening to your private conversations?
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Amazon Alexa always seems be listening in, even on private conversations. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson explains how to keep your talks private.
"I am sure our phones are listening. I live in the same town as my parents. My 102-year-old grandpa is in an assisted living facility. My father and my aunt take him to the doctors and visit him frequently. My aunt planned a vacation. My grandfather was coming down with pneumonia. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson is an award-winning tech journalist who has a deep love of technology, gear and gadgets that make life better with his contributions for Fox News & FOX Business beginning mornings on "FOX & Friends." Got a tech question? Get Kurt’s CyberGuy Newsletter, share your voice, a story idea or comment at CyberGuy.com.
I went over to my parents on a Saturday morning. We sat in the living room as my father updated me on the situation with my grandfather. He was telling me my aunt requested if he passed while she was on vacation if the funeral home could accept him to go ahead and schedule his cremation. He no longer wants to be buried. All we did was sit around and talk.
The next day my mom calls me. She logged into Facebook... and now she is being targeted by ads for cremation. Her comment to me was "that’s weird- this is the first time ever I have received ads regarding cremation.
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