If that is not enough to scare you off sharing speech recordings with Amazon, note that the company allowed employees to listen to Alexa Voice recordings. In 2019, Bloomberg reported that Amazon employees listened to no fewer than 1,000 audio samples during their shifts from nine hours. Amazon says it enables employees to listen to Alexa -speech recordings to train his speech recognition and natural language systems.
Other reasons why people can hesitate to trust Amazon on personal voice examples include the earlier use of Alexa Voice recordings in criminal processes and Amazon that in 2023 pay a settlement with regard to allegations that “thousands of employees and contractors enabled to view video -records of the Federal commercial commission.
Save recordings or loss the functionality
The Amazon who probably wanted to lead these worries, Amazon said today in his e -mail that the standard recordings of Alexa requests from users will remove after processing. Everyone with his ultrasound device set to “Don't Save recordings”, however, will see his already purchased devices' Voice ID function Bricked. Voice ID enables Alexa to do things, such as user specified agenda events, memories, music and more. Previously, Amazon said that “if you choose not to save speech recordings, speech -ID may not work.” From March 28, Broken Voice ID will be a guarantee for people who do not have Amazon stored their voice shots.
Amazon's E -Mail says:
Alexa -speech requests are always coded during transport to Amazon's Secure Cloud, which is designed with layers of security protection to keep customer information safe. Customers can continue to choose from a robust set of controls by visiting the Alexa Privacy Dashboard online or navigating to Meer> Alexa Privacy in the Alexa app.
Amazon forces Echo users to make a few difficult decisions: give Amazon access to recordings of everything you say to Alexa or stop using an echo; Let Amazon store speech recordings and listen to employees or lose a position to become more advanced and to be central in the next generation of Alexa.
Amazon, however, gambles great that Alexa+ can dig the voice assistant from a financial well. Amazon has publicly dedicated itself to keep the free version of Alexa around, but Alexa+ is seen as the last hope of Amazon to keep Alexa alive and to make it profitable. Everything that Amazon can do to make people pay for Alexa, has priority over other requirements of the Alexa users, including, it seems, privacy.
