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How to stop your phone and other smart devices from listening to you

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other devices can hear and record what you say, as proven by a now-viral TikTok that showed thousands of audio files recorded on a woman’s Echo and Dot speakers and saved in the innermost folders of her Amazon account.“I’m not totally comfortable with everything they have,” said the TikTok user, who accessed the files after requesting them from Amazon.

Smart speakers, like Google Home devices or Amazon Echos, can accidentally activate 19 times a day and record 43 seconds of audio with each activation, according to a new study released by Northeastern University.

This is because the devices attempt to detect “wake” words — like “Hey Siri” or “Alexa” — even when seemingly turned off or asleep.

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