Saw this in the news -- and was a little creeped out to see it confirmed. But not surprised to see that it's happening.
Bloomberg reports:
Not only is Alexa listening when you speak to an Echo smart speaker, an Amazon employee is potentially listening, too.
Amazon (AMZN) employs a global team that transcribes the voice commands captured after the wake word is detected and feeds them back into the software to help improve Alexa's grasp of human speech so it can respond more efficiently in the future.
(https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/11/tech/amazon-alexa-listening/index.html)
Public be warned...... whether it's Google Home, Amazon Echo, Sonos One, or any other smart speaker, there may be ears listening.
Be sure to search the internet to find out how to disable/mute your speaker. But even then..... how do you know for sure?
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt