Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Alexa and your questions/commands.

Do you ever think about the questions or commands you use with Alexa or where that information goes or what happens to it? I recently thought about that when considering a purchase. I was surprised in a way what I learned. Of course you don't expect privacy today on the internet, but seems like you should have some privacy in this area. I found when you ask a question of Alexa or give a command it goes to the iCloud Amazon account and the answer or response goes back to you. The recording of the question or command stays at that location (in your file with your personal information) with all the other times you have asked a question of Alexa or given a command. You supposedly have the ability to access your account and delete that information, but of course it is already there and been used for marketing purposes by who knows who. Just a bit of information to consider regarding Alexa, Cortana, Google, or other assistants out there in iCloud land. Think about that next time you ask those questions or give instructions.