Amazon uses echo-smart speaker talk to Target Ads.

According to researchers at four American universities, Amazon and third-party services are using smart speaker interaction data for advertising purposes, in violation of privacy commitments. Experts from the University of Washington, University of California-Davis, University of California-Irvine, and Northeastern University say that "Amazon processes voice data to gauge consumer interest and target it on platforms. Used to serve past ads (eco devices) and beyond. " -Web platform). Researchers, Omar Iqbal, Pune Nikha Bahrami, Rahmani Tremananda, Hao Kiwi, Alexander Gamro Gerido, Daniel Dobos, David Choffins, Athena Marcopolo, Francesca Rosner, Zubair Shafiq, are reporting their results on "Your Echoes: Tracking" Explain in an article from Profiling in Amazon's smart speaker ecosystem, and ad targeting. " Ten educators say that SmartSpeaker interaction - which means you talk to the device - drives ad auction bids from advertisers, which is 30 times more t...