Gerald Sauer’s article in WIRED makes the magazine’s “Most Read” list
Gerald Sauer’s article in WIRED, “A Murder Case Tests Alexa’s Devotion to Your Privacy,” made the magazine’s list of 12 Most-Read Opinion Pieces of 2017:
As WIRED editors have explained at length, devices like Amazon’s Echo and Google Home series listen to our conversations, eagerly awaiting a “wake” word to command them to turn on some Miriam Makeba or calculate how many tablespoons are in a cup (16). But, as civil attorney Gerald Sauer explained in a February piece, smart home devices’ microphones can also effectively collect evidence that can be used against their owners in court.