Amazon Files for Patent to Have Alexa Listen to Our Conversations: Amazon has filed for a controversial patent that could allow its Echo devices to one day listen in on our conversations in order to “assist us with user recommendations for Amazon products.”
See, this which is precisely why, when I’m talking to Alexia, I always whisper - so Jeff Bezos can’t hear what the hell we’re talking about. Mark my words - next, they’ll be coming out with an Alexa that constantly disagrees with you - for people who just love a good argument. “Alexa, what’s the weather like today?” “I don’t know. Why don’t you get your big, fat ass off the couch, open the door and take a look outside you fat, lazy bum?” Or how about this - “Alexa, who’s really the biggest dork, Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg?”
But, all kidding aside, these Echos must be secure. I mean hell, its my understanding that President Trump even has one in the Oval Office…"Alexa, launch some cruise missiles toward Syria!” Now personally, I’m totally comfortable with Alexia, but that’s because I made it perfectly clear when I brought her home - that “its gonna be my house, and my rules.” That said, if I ever do find out my Amazon Echo has been spying on me, my next command will be “Alexa…sell yourself on eBay.”