Ask Alexa: UK MPs To Investigate Smart Speaker Security Issues

Ask Alexa: UK MPs To Investigate Smart Speaker Security Issues
Updated "Echo Dots" are pictured at Amazon Headquarters, following a launch event in Seattle Wash., on Sept. 20, 2018. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images
Chris Summers
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A committee of British MPs is to investigate security and data protection issues surrounding smart speaker devices such as the Amazon Echo.

The Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Committee said it wanted to explore how smart hubs, powered by virtual assistants like Alexa and Siri, have changed lives both at home and in the workplace.

Chris Summers
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Chris Summers is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of national stories, with a particular interest in crime, policing and the law.
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