There has been a bit of speculation lately concerning privacy with smart home devices. Many people believe that they are always listening. In early April of 2019, Amazon confirmed that Amazon workers were also listening through the Amazon Alexa smart home devices. This doesn't just concern people that use the Amazon smart home devices. It also concerns people that use other brands of devices such as google home and Siri. Google also confirmed that its smart devices were always listening. This issue concerns many people for privacy reasons.