Privacy Concerns

Agence France-PresseAug 08, 2019 10:01:58 IST Microsoft said Wednesday its contractors listen to conversations to hone voice translation features offered by Skype and its digital assistant Cortana, but only when obtaining user permission. The US technology t…

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Amazon had a team of thousands of workers around the world listening to Alexa audio requests with the goal of improving the software (Image source: Bloomberg) Regulators and lawmakers in the US and Europe are examining whether Google, Apple Inc. and Amazon.c…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Amazon continues to review Europeans' audio recordings unless they choose to opt out Luxembourg's data privacy watchdog says it is in discussions with Amazon about voice recordings made of customers who have used th…

Amazon is now enabling you to prevent human review of your Alexa voice commands should you wish. The feature is enabled through an option in the settings of your Alexa smartphone app.  The news follows on from Apple and Google announcing that it would suspen…

Apple and Alphabet Inc's Google have globally suspended reviewing recordings from users interacting with their voice assistants, as concerns over data privacy mount. Apple said on Friday it had paused the program called "grading", where it reviewed anonymize…

There have been privacy concerns about digital assistants for just about as long as there have been digital assistants, and the recent confirmation that Google and Apple were listening to Assistant and Siri conversations has done nothing to allay fears. The …

tech2 News StaffAug 04, 2019 14:06:48 IST After Apple and Google, Amazon has reportedly added the option for users to choose if they want their conversations with Alexa to be reviewed by humans for quality control. According to Bloomberg, Amazon will now al…

Amazon.com Inc. will let Alexa users opt out of human review of their voice recordings, a move that follows criticism that the program violated customers’ privacy. A new policy took effect Friday that allows customers, through an option in the settings menu …

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