Cybersecurity

Locked-Down Lawyers Warned Alexa Is Hearing Confidential Calls

An Amazon Echo Plus smart speaker.Photographer: Andrew Burton/Bloomberg
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Hey Alexa, stop listening to my client’s information.

As law firms urge attorneys to work from home during the global pandemic, their employees’ confidential phone calls with clients run the risk of being heard by Amazon.com Inc. and Google.