https://qz.com/1288743/amazon-alexa-echo-spying-on-users-raises-a-data-privacy-problem/

Here’s the latest nightmare scenario for the tech-phobic: A woman in Portland, Oregon found out that her family’s home digital assistant, Amazon’s Alexa, had recorded a conversation between her and her husband without their permission or awareness, and sent the audio recording to a random person on their contacts list.

The person who received the recording (an employee of the husband who lived in another state) called the family to warn them, according to the initial report. “Unplug your Alexa devices right now,” she said. “You’re being hacked.”