Half of smart speaker owners believe their conversations are recorded: Survey

For homeowners, having smart home devices may not only improve home security, but also threaten their privacy.

Up to 48.9% of homeowners believe their smart home speakers record their private conversations so as to send them targeted advertisements, according to a survey conducted by Porch, an app-based home improvement service. The survey aimed to find out how much homeowners trust their smart home devices.

Both Google and Amazon stated that their products won’t listen to users’ conversations until they hear the wake-up words. Neither of them is sending targeted advertisements through smart speakers currently. It’s just the homeowners feel this way.

Overall, 27% of th...