Bloomberg Law
March 20, 2020, 4:59 PM

Locked-Down Lawyers Warned Alexa Is Hearing Confidential Calls

Crystal Tse
Crystal Tse
Bloomberg News
Jonathan Browning
Jonathan Browning
Bloomberg News

Hey Alexa, stop listening to my client’s information.

As law firms urge attorneys to work from home during the global pandemic, their employees’ confidential phone calls with clients run the risk of being heard by Amazon.com Inc. and Google.

Mishcon de Reya LLP, the U.K. law firm that famously advised Princess Diana on her divorce and also does corporate law, issued advice to staff to mute or shut off listening devices like Amazon’s Alexa or Google’s voice assistant when they talk about client matters at home, according to a partner at the firm. It suggested not to have any ...

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