Amazon lets some Alexa workers see exactly where you are

Get the Full StoryAmazon s way of improving Alexa is even creepier than we thought.

After reporting a couple of weeks ago on how Amazon lets some workers listen to Alexa voice recordings, Bloomberg is back with a follow-up that says those workers can access users locations as well. In some cases, the Alexa audit team can see precise geographic coordinates, which they could easily look up in an app like Google Maps to determine someone s whereabouts. Two sources apparently blew the whistle after concluding that Amazon was giving its workers overly broad access to personal data.Read Full Story

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