Natalia Drozdiak Giles Turner And Matt Day The Bloomberg

The Cloud Cam debuted in 2017 and, is one of several gadgets Amazon hopes will give it an edge in the emerging smart-home market.

In a promotional video, Amazon.com Inc. says its Cloud Cam home security camera provides "everything you need to monitor your home, day or night." In fact, the artificially intelligent device requires help from a squad of invisible employees.

An Amazon.com team auditing Alexa users’ commands has access to location data and can, in some cases, easily find a customer’s home address, according to five employees familiar with the programme.

Millions more are reluctant to invite the devices and their powerful microphones into their homes out of concern that someone might be listening. Sometimes, someone is.

The Cloud Cam debuted in 2017 and, is one of several gadgets Amazon hopes will give it an edge in the emerging smart-home market.

In a promotional video, Amazon.com Inc. says its Cloud Cam home security camera provides "everything you need to monitor your home, day or night." In fact, the artificially intelligent device requires help from a squad of invisible employees.

An Amazon.com team auditing Alexa users’ commands has access to location data and can, in some cases, easily find a customer’s home address, according to five employees familiar with the programme.

Millions more are reluctant to invite the devices and their powerful microphones into their homes out of concern that someone might be listening. Sometimes, someone is.