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Apr 21, 2019 41 min

#35 - Alexa Knows All

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So it turns out, Alexa has been recording and transcribing everything you say? Oops. Oh, femtech is also creepily invasive? Double oops. But at least Instagram is our ray of sunshine this week... Links and Extra Reading Amazon workers reportedly get to hear some of what you tell Alexa, and they have a chat room to talk about 'amusing' recordings There's a simple way to make sure Amazon workers can't listen to what you say to Alexa — here's how to do it There's a dark side to women's health apps: 'Menstrual surveillance' FOR SOME SMALL BUSINESSES, INSTAGRAM HAS REPLACED WORD-OF-MOUTH Everything You Need to Know About Instagram Pods, the New Way Influencers Are Gaming the Algorithm

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