The Dark Side of Voice Assistants Quiz (Guardian)

What incident made Martin Josephson, a former Amazon employee, lose trust in Amazon's Alexa?

• He discovered that Alexa was selling his data to third-party companies

• He heard his neighbor's private conversations through Alexa

• He found out that Alexa was recording his personal conversations

• The Echo Dot started spitting out fragmentary commands

What was the major concern raised by the revelation that big tech companies were using human contractors to analyze voice-assistant recordings?

• The recordings contained confidential medical information

• The recordings were being used to improve the voice-assistant technology

• The recordings were being sold to government surveillance agencies

• The recordings were being used for targeted advertising

Which company is known for using more in-device computation and encryption at both ends, making it the best at privacy among voice assistants?

• Apple

• Microsoft

• Google

• Amazon

What did the Gizmodo editor Adam Clark Estes consider the Amazon Echo to be, based on his experience with the technology?

• A convenient household device

• A privacy-focused gadget

• A wiretapping device

• A reliable voice assistant

What did the Electronic Privacy Information Center (Epic) call for in 2015 regarding 'always on' devices, including voice assistants?

• An investigation into the potential health risks of using voice assistants

• An investigation into the privacy implications of voice assistants

• A review of the accuracy of voice assistants in understanding commands

• A ban on the sale of voice assistants in the market

What did the Democratic congressman, Seth Moulton, introduce to penalize companies whose voice assistants and smart doorbells record conversations without permission?

• The Smart Device Surveillance Act

• The Automatic Listening Exploitation Act

• The Privacy Breach Prevention Act

• The Voice Assistant Privacy Act

What did the Hamburg commissioner for data protection force Google to do in the EU regarding the transcription of voice recordings?

• Suspend the transcription of voice recordings

• Sell the transcription of voice recordings to third-party companies

• Increase the transcription of voice recordings

• Share the transcription of voice recordings with government agencies

What is the major concern regarding the constant listening capability of voice assistants, even when they are not awake?

• They can track users' television viewing by responding to high-pitched signals

• They can identify who is in the house at any given time

• They can manipulate the user's behavior through subliminal messages

• They can record private conversations without the user's knowledge

What did the Gizmodo writer Matt Novak warn users about in relation to the data-collection practices of tech companies?

• The data-collection practices are regulated by government authorities

• The data-collection practices are a calculated business decision

• The data-collection practices are necessary for improving voice-assistant technology

• The data-collection practices are harmless and beneficial for users

What did the UK Information Commissioner's Office investigate regarding human oversight and voice recordings?

• Whether human oversight breaches the General Data Protection Regulation

• The potential health risks of using voice assistants

• The accuracy of voice recognition technology

• The impact of voice assistants on users' daily lives