Amazon Echo’s Alexa sends family’s private conversation to another user

Amazon Echo’s Alexa personal assistant sent the private conversation of an Oregon family to an acquaintance in Seattle, the company said Thursday. The company said the device interpreted a word in the family’s background conversation as "Alexa" — a command that makes it wake up — and then it interpreted the conversation as a "send message" request.

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