Your latest reminder any ol’ bum a company hires could theoretically breach your privacy

Companies store a ton of data. You know this. Everyone knows this. But we’re not always happy about the kinds of data they store. We rightfully get pretty touchy when we hear our address, credit card number, mental health inquiries, or private conversations are just hanging out on some internet server where they might wind up in the wrong hands — like, say, an employee of the company that collected them. The latest example: Bloomberg is reporting today that a team of Amazon Alexa employees “spread across three continents” may be able to find your home address if you use an Alexa-enabled speaker. Amazon tends to solicit that location data to help answer questions like “Alexa, where’s the nearest taco truck?,” and it sometimes has... Continue reading…