WorksheetsThe Dark Side of Voice Assistants Quiz (Guardian)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
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
