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Privacy Peril: Amazon Sidewalk

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On June 8, Alexa users were enrolled in a shared wireless mesh service entitled “Amazon Sidewalk.” Amazon describes Sidewalk as creating - [a] low-bandwidth network with the help of Sidewalk Bridge devices including...more

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Amazon Sidewalk Shares Your Home WiFi with the Neighbors

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We always suspected that the Amazon Echo resting quietly in your family room was more insidious than it seemed. Now we have confirmation. We know that the Echo can hear us.  We also know that it records private conversations...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2020 #3

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CYBERSECURITY - U.S. Organizations Doing Business in China Warned of Malware in Tax Software - The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint...more

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Privacy Tip #249 – Use of Personal Assistants While Working from Home

I continue to be quite surprised at the lack of understanding that people have about personal assistants such as Alexa and Echo. It seems logical to me that when you yell out “Alexa, turn on the lights!”...more

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Amazon Echo Data At Center Of Another Legal Battle

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Amazon, Inc. is on the receiving end of another court order demanding it release the data and recordings associated with one of its Echo smart devices. For the uninitiated, Echo smart devices support voice interaction, music...more

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In the Privacy of Your Home

By now, it’s pretty common knowledge that Alexa has been on a dollhouse shopping spree, and is also helping to solve a murder. Clearly, Alexa cannot be trusted and that’s why she has only limited trigger words, including...more

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