Our smart devices are listening. Whether it’s personally identifiable information, location data, voice recordings, or shopping habits, our smart assistants know far more than we realize.
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All five services collect your name, phone number, device location, and IP address; the names and numbers of your contacts; your interaction history; and the apps you use. If you don’t like that information being stored, you probably shouldn’t use a voice assistant.
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Keep in mind that no voice assistant provider is truly interested in protecting your privacy. For instance, Google Assistant and Cortana maintain a log of your location history and routers, Alexa and Bixby record your purchase history, and Siri tracks who is in your Apple Family.
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If you’re looking to take control of your smart assistant, you can stop Alexa from sending your recordings to Amazon, turn off Google Assistant and Bixby, and manage Siri‘s data collection habits.
Source: Amazon’s Alexa Collects More of Your Data Than Any Other Smart Assistant
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