Google, Amazon and Apple are all offering versions of this kind of technology Grey areas remain over who your data is shared with once it hits the cloud
Amazon, Apple and Google voice assistants and smart TVs could find out if a person is cheating on their partner, a data expert has claimed.
Smart gadgets, which are used by one in ten people around the UK, can harvest enough data to work out the dynamics of a relationship, they say.
They have the potential to record saucy conversations and analyze location data to discover secret affairs.
The virtual assistants can show when occupants are in a building, or for example, share a bedroom, by using sensor logs and smart meters.
There is already ambiguity when it comes to these companies privacy policies and how they collect and use people’s data.
Recorded chats and locations could be harvested for research, stored in the cloud and sold on to third parties.
Amazon, Apple and Google voice assistants and smart TVs could find out if a person is cheating on their partner, a data expert has claimed.
Smart gadgets, which are used by one in ten people around the UK, can harvest enough data to work out the dynamics of a relationship, they say.
They have the potential to record saucy conversations and analyse location data to discover secret affairs.
The virtual assistants can show when occupants are in a building, or for example, share a bedroom, by using sensor logs and smart meters.
There is already ambiguity when it comes to these companies privacy policies and how they collect and use people’s data.
Recorded chats and locations could be harvested for research, stored in the cloud and sold on to third parties.
Alexa and other AI-powered technology can find out when someone is cheating on their partner, according to a data expert. The gadgets, which are owned by one in ten people around the UK, can harvest enough data to work out the dynamics of a relationship.”