Amazon Alexa stores your conversations with the device. By now, millions of households feature an Amazon Echo device or other Amazon smart devices based on Alexa. These smart assistants provide convenience and functionality in countless ways. Not everyone realizes these devices store conversations with the device in the cloud, though. After each interaction, Amazon stores these conversations in the cloud indefinitely. An Echo device doesn’t record every conversation in the Ether. Each Echo relies on a wake word, like “Alexa”, to start recording conversations. Only the commands spoken to the device are stored by Amazon and are used purely to make the AI better. Users can and should delete these conversations in their device settings from time to time. Doing so provides added security and protection from data hackers.
100 Mind-Blowing Delete Facts
Alexa is always listening to your conversations. This probably isn’t new to you. Siri has been doing it forever. Alexa stores your dialogue history in its cloud to help improve your Alexa experience. But you can review and delete these recordings, either in bulk or individually.
Uber tried to pay off hackers to delete the stolen data of 57 million users and keep the breach quiet. (Bloomberg)