A JSON file of sources, headlines and (where existing) intro snippets for the "Amazon Alexa 'Scandal'"

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A couple got their 15m of fame by putting the blame on the Amazon Echo for an incident which is their fault.

Amazon's PR incident handling machine did a great job taking the blame (they likely have a top-notch playbook) but here are 151 headlines with sources and intro snippets pulled from news summaries since Thursday evening.

Some sources do not have intro snippets and some sources have more than one entry since there were updates or they were just capitalizing on fear to get clicks for eyeballs.

Wired's headline was the most reasonable. There are a few "honorable" mentions for using qualifiers such as "alleged" or ensuring there is more of a claim than a fact. I also can't fault the ones who lead with Amazon's admittance (again, that was excellent PR damage control)

For the most part, the headlines and intro snippets are not nearly as horrible as I expected but many are bad and more than a few are definitely "fake news".

alexa-headlines.json

[
  {
    "source": "MarketWatch",
    "headline": "Oops: Amazon’s Alexa recorded couple’s conversation, sent it to random contact",
    "intro": "A couple in Portland, Ore., got an unnerving surprise when their Amazon Inc. voice-controlled smart speaker recorded their conversation and sent it to a random ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "South China Morning Post",
    "headline": "Amazon explains why digital assistant Alexa recorded and shared private conversation",
    "intro": "The incident has reinvigorated privacy concerns as internet-connected devices and assistants become ubiquitous in homes."
  },
  {
    "source": "Newser",
    "headline": "In 'Unlikely' String of Events, Amazon Echo Records, Sends Conversation",
    "intro": "Amazon says an \"unlikely\" string of events prompted its Echo personal assistant device to record a Portland, Oregon, family's private conversation and then send ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "CBS 8 San Diego",
    "headline": "Portland woman says Amazon Alexa recorded a private conversation, then sent it to a person in Seattle",
    "intro": "A Portland family's private conversations were recorded by their Amazon Echo smart speaker and emailed to a random phone contact of the father, they told a ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Ars Technica",
    "headline": "Amazon confirms that Echo device secretly shared user’s private audio [Updated]",
    "intro": "Amazon confirmed an Echo owner's privacy-sensitive allegation on Thursday, after Seattle CBS affiliate KIRO-7 reported that an Echo device in Oregon sent ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "KGW.com",
    "headline": "Amazon responds after Portland woman claims Alexa records private conversation",
    "intro": "PORTLAND, Ore. – A Portland woman says her family's Amazon Alexa speaker recorded a private conversation in her home and sent the recording to one of her ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Wired",
    "headline": "Don't Freak Out About That Amazon Alexa Eavesdropping Situation",
    "intro": "You should certainly understand the risks of having a smart speaker in your home, but there's a perfectly good explanation for how that rogue message might ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "PhoneDog",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa device recorded a family's conversation and sent it to another person",
    "intro": "ORIGINAL: With the rise of smart speakers like the Amazon Echo, some people are concerned that their devices are listening to them even when they're not ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Fossbytes",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa Records Couple’s Personal Conversation And Sends It To A Contact",
    "intro": "In a startling and alarming incident, a Portland, Oregon based woman named 'Danielle' has accused Amazon Alexa of recording her personal conversation with ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "VentureBeat",
    "headline": "Alexa recorded a woman’s private conversation and sent it to a random contact",
    "intro": "It's every smart home speaker owner's worst nightmare: a private message recorded and sent to a recipient without their knowledge. But that's what happened to ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Week Magazine",
    "headline": "Alexa recorded this couple's conversation, then sent it to a random phone contact",
    "intro": "If you've ever said something rude, crude, or lewd in front of your Amazon Echo, you'd better hope it wasn't listening. A woman in Portland named Danielle, who ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "AdAge.com",
    "headline": "Amazon explains why Alexa forwarded a private conversation | Digital",
    "intro": "Amazon says an Echo device misunderstood a series of commands and that's why a couple's private conversation was recorded and forwarded to a friend."
  },
  {
    "source": "Insider",
    "headline": "A couple says that Amazon's Alexa recorded a private conversation and randomly sent it to a friend",
    "intro": "A couple in Portland, Oregon, say the Amazon Alexa-powered devices in their home recorded a private conversation and sent it to a contact in Seattle, 176 miles ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "BBC News",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa heard and sent private chat",
    "intro": "A couple in Portland, Oregon joked that their Amazon Alexa might be listening in to their private conversations. The joke came to an abrupt end when they ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Register",
    "headline": "You know that silly fear about Alexa recording everything and leaking it online? It just happened",
    "intro": "Updated It's time to break out your \"Alexa, I Told You So\" banners – because a Portland, Oregon, couple received a phone call from one of the husband's ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "SlashGear",
    "headline": "Amazon admits Echo eavesdropping as Alexa shares private chat [Updated]",
    "intro": "Amazon is investigating how an Echo recorded a conversation and sent that to another person, after one Portland couple claims the smart speaker ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "USA Today",
    "headline": "Alexa creepily recorded a family's private conversations, sent them to business associate",
    "intro": "SAN FRANCISCO – A Portland family's private conversations were recorded by their Amazon Echo smart speaker and emailed to a random phone contact of the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Wall Street Journal",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa-Powered Device Recorded and Shared User's Conversation Without Permission",
    "intro": "Amazon said that one of its Echo home speakers recorded a private conversation without permission and sent it to a person in the owners' contact list, ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "International Business Times",
    "headline": "Amazon's Alexa Eavesdropped On A Conversation, Sent It To A Contact Miles Away",
    "intro": "A family in Portland, Oregon, claims that their Alexa, a voice-controlled smart speaker by Amazon, eavesdropped on their conversation and then shared it."
  },
  {
    "source": "Designboom",
    "headline": "here's how amazon alexa hacked and shared a family's private conversation",
    "intro": "a family from portland, oregan has claimed that their amazon echo recorded a conversation and sent it to a random person on their contact list."
  },
  {
    "source": "NBCNews.com",
    "headline": "Little did she know, Alexa was recording every word she said",
    "intro": "An Oregon woman discovered that her Amazon device was sending her private chats by email to her husband's employee when he called and warned her, ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "HuffPost",
    "headline": "Amazon Admits Alexa Device Eavesdropped On Portland Family",
    "intro": "Unplug your Alexa devices right now. You're being hacked.”"
  },
  {
    "source": "TNW",
    "headline": "Amazon can't explain why Alexa recorded and shared a private conversation",
    "intro": "A Portland couple recently contacted Amazon customer support after an Echo smart speaker secretly recorded a private conversation and sent it to a person on ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Tom's Guide",
    "headline": "Not Good: Alexa Records and Shares Woman's Private Conversation (Update)",
    "intro": "A Portland woman claims that Amazon's digital assistant recorded and sent their private conversations to a contact. Amazon now has an explanation."
  },
  {
    "source": "SFGate",
    "headline": "An Amazon Echo recorded a family's conversation, then sent it to a random person in their contacts, report says",
    "intro": "An Amazon Echo recorded a family's conversation, then sent it to a random person in their contacts, report says. Hamza Shaban, The Washington Post ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "GSMArena.com",
    "headline": "Echo records private family chat and sends it to random contact, Amazon offers explanation - GSMArena.com news",
    "intro": "While devices like smart speakers undoubtedly make your day to day life more convenient, they also pose privacy concerns. Take, for example, Alexa series..."
  },
  {
    "source": "New York Post",
    "headline": "Woman says Alexa recorded conversations, sent them to random contact",
    "intro": "Amazon's Alexa recorded an Oregon woman's private conversations and sent them to a random contact in her family's address book."
  },
  {
    "source": "Reuters",
    "headline": "Oregon family finds Amazon's Alexa has a mind of her own",
    "intro": "A Portland, Oregon, family has learned what happens when Amazon.com Inc's (AMZN.O) popular voice assistant Alexa is lost in translation."
  },
  {
    "source": "Newshub",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo records couple's private conversation, sends it to a work colleague",
    "intro": "Amazon has apologised after one of its Echo devices recorded conversations it shouldn't have, and then sent them to a work colleague. Portland mother ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Verge",
    "headline": "Amazon explains how Alexa recorded a private conversation and sent it to another user",
    "intro": "Amazon has been forced to explain how Alexa recorded a private conversation and sent it to an Echo user's colleague without their knowledge. A Portland ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Yahoo Finance",
    "headline": "Amazon's Alexa Eavesdropped and Shared the Conversation",
    "intro": "A couple's private conversation was mysteriously recorded by their Amazon Echo device and sent to one of their contacts, igniting privacy concerns about the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "KTLA Los Angeles",
    "headline": "Oregon Couple Claims Amazon Device Recorded Them, Then Sent Conversation to Another Person",
    "intro": "An Oregon family has unplugged all of their Amazon devices after they said the voice-controlled speakers secretly recorded them and sent audio files to one of ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "KHQ Right Now",
    "headline": "Amazon: Echo device sent conversation to family's contact",
    "intro": "(AP) - Amazon says an \"unlikely\" string of events prompted its Echo personal assistant device to record a Portland, Oregon, family's private conversation and ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Hot Hardware",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa Allegedly Records Woman's Conversation And Sends It To A Random Contact | HotHardware| HotHardware",
    "intro": "A woman from Portland, Oregon has claimed that her Amazon Echo recorded part of her conversation and sent it to a random person on when contact list."
  },
  {
    "source": "Local10.com",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa secretly recorded family's conversations, sent to random contact",
    "intro": "It appears that the more technology evolves, the creepier it gets."
  },
  {
    "source": "Complex",
    "headline": "Alexa Eavesdrops on Couple's Conversation and Sends It to Owner's Employee",
    "intro": "I'm not the first and won't be the last to say Alexa and her speakers are not to be trusted. Remember when the Amazon assistant started laughing at people ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Bloomberg",
    "headline": "This Is How Alexa Can Record Private Conversations",
    "intro": "Amazon.com Inc. said a series of miscues picked up by one of its voice-activated Echo speakers during an Oregon couple's private conversation resulted in the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Seattle Times",
    "headline": "Amazon's Alexa recorded and shared a conversation without consent, report says",
    "intro": "A Portland woman said an Amazon device recorded a conversation in her home without her consent, and shipped the file to someone in her contact list, ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Fortune",
    "headline": "Amazon Explains Why Woman's Amazon Alexa Device Randomly Recorded and Shared Her Conversation",
    "intro": "In a statement from the Amazon, the company is explaining how a woman's Amazon Alexa device recorded a private conversation and randomly shared it with ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "FastCompany",
    "headline": "How a family’s Amazon Echo recorded and sent out their private conversation",
    "intro": "When Amazon added the ability to send text messages from Echo speakers and other Alexa devices, it came with a major and fairly obvious flaw: Instead of ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Outline",
    "headline": "Alexa can eavesdrop, record, and send what it hears to your contacts",
    "intro": "Amazon admitted a flaw in its Echo devices allowed a couple's private conversations to be sent to one of their coworkers."
  },
  {
    "source": "RT",
    "headline": "Amazon’s smart-speaker Alexa ‘leaks’ private conversation to random number",
    "intro": "A US couple was horrified to find out that their private conversation was recorded by Amazon's Echo voice-controlled device and sent to a work contact. Amazon ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Daily Dot",
    "headline": "This family experienced your biggest nightmare with Amazon Echo",
    "intro": "A Portland family recently reported a troubling Amazon Echo incident. Unbeknownst to the household, the device recorded a private conversation and then ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "BGR",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo bug recorded a couple’s private conversations and sent them to a friend",
    "intro": "We've welcomed smart speakers into our homes with the kind of enthusiasm you don't normally see around always-on listening devices, because from the very ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Investing.com",
    "headline": "Oregon family finds Amazon's Alexa has a mind of her own",
    "intro": "(Reuters) - A Portland, Oregon, family has learned what happens when Amazon.com Inc's (O:AMZN) popular voice assistant Alexa is lost in translation. Amazon ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "WTOP",
    "headline": "Amazon: Echo device sent conversation to family’s contact",
    "intro": "SEATTLE (AP) — An “unlikely” string of events prompted Amazon's Echo personal assistant device to record a Portland, Oregon, family's private conversation ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "OregonLive.com",
    "headline": "Portland woman says Amazon Alexa recorded personal conversation, sent it to contact",
    "intro": "LG Electronics USA Vice President of Marketing David VanderWaal (L) and Amazon Vice President of Alexa, Echo and Appstore Mike George display the LG ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette",
    "headline": "Amazon says an Echo recorded a family's conversation and sent it to an acquaintance",
    "intro": "SEATTLE — An “unlikely” string of events prompted Amazon's Echo personal assistant device to record a Portland, Oregon, family's private conversation and ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Telegraph",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa recorded owner's conversation and sent to 'random' contact, couple complains",
    "intro": "After a couple in Portland, Oregon, joked that their Amazon Alexa device might be listening in to their private conversation, it appeared the gadget did just that."
  },
  {
    "source": "androidandme.com",
    "headline": "[UPDATED] Amazon Alexa recorded a private conversation and sent it to a contact",
    "intro": "Update: The Verge received the following response from Amazon regarding the incident: It appears that Alexa devices aren't eerily recording and sending audio."
  },
  {
    "source": "CBS Sacramento",
    "headline": "Couple's Amazon Device Recorded Private Conversation, Sent To Friend",
    "intro": "A couple in Oregon is demanding answers from Amazon after they claim their home's voice-activated device recorded a private conversation and sent it to a ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis",
    "headline": "Couple claims Amazon device recorded them, sent conversation to another person",
    "intro": "PORTLAND, Ore. – An Oregon family has unplugged all of their Amazon devices after they say the voice-controlled speakers secretly recorded them and sent ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "CNET",
    "headline": "Alexa sent private audio to a random contact, Portland family says",
    "intro": "A family in Oregon says their Alexa device recorded audio of a private conversation and sent it out to a random contact without warning."
  },
  {
    "source": "Popular Mechanics",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa Device Caught Sending Private Conversations to Stranger",
    "intro": "A family in Portland, Oregon had their privacy violated by their Alexa device when it sent their private conversations to a random contact in a family member's ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "KATU",
    "headline": "Portland woman says Amazon Echo recorded private conversation, sent it to random contact",
    "intro": "SEATTLE (AP) Amazon says an unlikely string of events prompted its Echo personal assistant device to record a Portland, Oregon, family's private conversation ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Chicago Tribune",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo recorded family's conversation, then sent it to a person in their contacts, report says",
    "intro": "One of Amazon's Alexa-powered Echo devices in a family's house silently sent recordings to a person in the family's contacts, without the family's permission."
  },
  {
    "source": "BleepingComputer",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa Recorded a Conversation and Sent It to a Contact Without Permission",
    "intro": "As much as people enjoy their virtual assistants, sometimes they do things that are downright creepy. Such is the case for a family in Portland who discovered ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Fortune",
    "headline": "A Woman Claims Her Amazon Alexa Device Recorded a Conversation and Shared It With a Random Friend",
    "intro": "A Portland, Ore. woman says her Amazon Alexa device recorded a private conversation and shared it with a random contact of hers in Seattle."
  },
  {
    "source": "Evening Standard",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa recorded couple's conversation and sent it to a contact",
    "intro": "Amazon's voice-controlled speaker Alexa recorded a couple's private conversation and sent it to a random person on their contacts list. A woman from Portland, ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "AppleInsider",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo recorded household audio, sent it to random contact",
    "intro": "An Oregon family's Amazon Echo recorded household audio and sent it to an employee of the family's husband, something Amazon blamed on a rare bug that it ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Daily Beast",
    "headline": "Woman Says Amazon Alexa Recorded Her Private Conversation, Sent Audio to Random Contact",
    "intro": "Amazon Alexa allegedly recorded a Portland family's private conversation and sent the audio to a person in their contact list, KIRO 7 reported. Danielle, who ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "BuzzFeedNews",
    "headline": "An Amazon Echo Shared A Woman's Private Conversation As A Voice Message",
    "intro": "Amazon says the Echo mistakenly heard the \"Alexa\" wake word, in addition to multiple confirmation prompts."
  },
  {
    "source": "KHON2",
    "headline": "Oregon woman says her Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out to random contact",
    "intro": "Amazon's voice assistant can play music, set timers, order a pizza, and send recordings of private conversations to random people in its users' contact list."
  },
  {
    "source": "Phone Arena",
    "headline": "Alexa recorded a private conversation between husband ands wife and sent it to another Echo user",
    "intro": "Many smart speaker owners wonder if their private conversations are being recorded by the virtual personal assistant on their device. According to Seattle ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Independent",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo sends long recording of couple's private conversation to random person",
    "intro": "A family had a private conversation broadcast across the internet to a friend by their Amazon Echo. The horrifying discovery began with an equally chilling phone ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Amazon's Alexa Eavesdropped and Shared the Conversation: Report",
    "headline": "A couple's private conversation was mysteriously recorded by their Amazon Echo device and sent to one of their contacts, igniting privacy concerns about the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Boing Boing",
    "headline": "Amazon: 'Unlikely' string of events led to Echo recording a family's private chat & sending to some random guy",
    "intro": "Amazon has now publicly responded to today's bombshell news that an Alexa/Echo personal digital assistive device recorded and then leaked a Portland ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "CBS NEWS",
    "headline": "Amazon: Alexa Echo sent recorded conversation in \"unlikely\" string of events",
    "intro": "SEATTLE -- An \"unlikely\" string of events prompted Amazon's Echo personal assistant device to record a Portland, Oregon, family's private conversation and ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Engadget",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo recorded a conversation and sent it to a random contact (updated)",
    "intro": "A Portland, Oregon family has claimed that their Amazon Echo recorded a conversation and then sent it to a random person on their contact list. Two weeks ago ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "KGO-TV",
    "headline": "Amazon: Echo device sent conversation to family's contact",
    "intro": "Amazon says an \"unlikely\" string of events prompted its Echo personal assistant device to record a Portland, Oregon, family's private conversation and then send ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "WIBW",
    "headline": "Amazon: Echo device recorded conversation, sent it to family's contact",
    "intro": "In a statement Thursday, Amazon confirmed the woman's private conversation had been inadvertently recorded and sent."
  },
  {
    "source": "PhillyVoice.com",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa eavesdropped on a family's conversation and sent it to a random person",
    "intro": "A family in Portland, Oregon was horrified to find out their Amazon Alexa had recorded private conversations in their home and sent the audio to a random ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Android Police",
    "headline": "Amazon explains why Alexa recorded and sent a conversation to a random contact",
    "intro": "The popularity of smart speakers may be increasing day by day, but there are still some people who believe the speakers are secretly recording and uploadin..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Digital Trends",
    "headline": "Creepy! Woman claims Alexa recorded her conversation and then sent it to a contact",
    "intro": "An Oregon couple say that their Amazon Alexa device recorded their conversation, and then sent it to one of their contacts. Amazon says it's an extremely rare ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Economic Times",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa overhears family's private conversation, sends it to random contact",
    "intro": "Amazon said that it is working on solutions to avoid such cases."
  },
  {
    "source": "WHDH 7News",
    "headline": "Family: Amazon Alexa recorded private conversation, shared it with random person",
    "intro": "(WHDH) — A Portland, Oregon, family wants answers from Amazon after they say their Alexa recorded a private conversation in their home and shared it with ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "KOIN.com",
    "headline": "Alexa device sent conversation to family's contact",
    "intro": "The woman said that two weeks ago an employee of her husband contacted them to say he thought their device had been hacked."
  },
  {
    "source": "Washington Times",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo 'Alexa' records private conversation, sends it to acquaintance",
    "intro": "An \"unlikely\" string of events prompted Amazon's Echo personal assistant device to record a Portland, Oregon, family's private conversation and then send the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "WPXI Pittsburgh",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa recorded private conversation, sent it to random contact, woman says | WPXI",
    "intro": "A Portland, Oregon, family contacted Amazon to investigate after they say a private conversation in their home was recorded by Amazon's Alexa – the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Amazon's Alexa Recorded Couple's Private Conversation & Sent To Contacts",
    "headline": "Aleka is doing more creepy things. Remember when Amazon's voice-controlled Alexa device was randomly making creepy laughing sounds? There was even ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "WSOC Charlotte",
    "headline": "Amazon: Echo device sent conversation to family's contact",
    "intro": "An \"unlikely\" string of events prompted Amazon's Echo personal assistant device to record a Portland, Oregon, family's private conversation and then send the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Times of India",
    "headline": "US family finds Amazon's Alexa has a mind of her own",
    "intro": "US News: A Portland woman with Amazon devices across her home received a call two weeks ago from her husband's employee, who said Alexa had recorded ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Mother Jones",
    "headline": "An Amazon Echo Recorded a Family's Private Conversation and Sent It to Some Random Person",
    "intro": "In case you needed another reminder that Amazon's Echo, an internet-connected recording device designed to listen and respond to verbal commands, can ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "TechRadar",
    "headline": "Alexa did send a private conversation to a random person but there is a reason",
    "intro": "Alexa sometimes get confused. Anyone with an Amazon Echo will know this. Once it turned on my bedroom light, instead of playing soothing music through a ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "KIRO Seattle",
    "headline": "Woman says her Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out to random contact | KIRO-TV",
    "intro": "A Portland family contacted Amazon to investigate after they say a private conversation in their home was recorded by Amazon's Alexa -- the voice-controlled ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Los Angeles Times",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo recorded a couple's conversation, then sent audio to someone they know",
    "intro": "An Amazon Alexa-powered Echo device in a couple's home surprised them by recording conversations and sent audio to a person in their contact list. Amazon ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "FOX 31 Denver",
    "headline": "Amazon confirms Echo device shared user’s private conversation",
    "intro": "SEATTLE -- An Amazon Echo device secretly shared a user's private conversation, the tech giant confirmed Thursday. A Portland, Oregon family contacted ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "ZDNet",
    "headline": "Alexa's latest creepy move: recording a couple's private conversation and sharing it",
    "intro": "The incident is the latest to raise questions about the level of privacy consumers can and should expect from devices that are listening to and potentially ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "iMore",
    "headline": "An Amazon Echo sent someone's private conversation to one of their contacts",
    "intro": "Amazon's Echo gadgets have exploded in popularity over the past couple years, but some folks have been reluctant about the idea of having an always-listening ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Associated Press",
    "headline": "Amazon's Echo Records and Sends Conversation",
    "intro": "An \"unlikely\" string of events prompted Amazon's Echo personal assistant device to record a Portland, Oregon, family's private conversation and send it to an..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Financial Times",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo nightmare: private conversation sent to contact",
    "intro": "Amazon is reviewing how its voice-activated speakers work after a woman claimed her Echo device recorded a private conversation in her home and sent it to a ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "recode",
    "headline": "Here’s Amazon’s explanation for the Alexa eavesdropping scandal",
    "intro": "A couple says their device secretly recorded a private conversation of theirs and sent it to an acquaintance."
  },
  {
    "source": "MacRumors",
    "headline": "Amazon's Alexa Recorded a Woman's Private Conversation and Sent it to a Contact",
    "intro": "A woman in Portland recently had an alarming experience with her Alexa-enabled devices after a private conversation was recorded and sent to a random..."
  },
  {
    "source": "An Amazon ‘Alexa’ Echo Dot device",
    "headline": "Amazon's Alexa recorded private conversation and sent it to random contact",
    "intro": "The company, which has insisted its Echo devices aren't always recording, has confirmed the audio was sent."
  },
  {
    "source": "Vanity Fair",
    "headline": "Yes, Amazon's Alexa Can Secretly Record and Share Conversations",
    "intro": "This weekend, while at home watching a particularly tense scene in the Showtime series Billions, my Amazon Echo suddenly piped up. “To whom?” Alexa asked ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Indian Express",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa recorded family’s private conversation, then sent it to someone else",
    "intro": "Amazon's Alexa has been caught recording a private conversation of a Portland-based coupled in the US, and then sending that recording conversation to ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "CBS Philly",
    "headline": "Couple Claims Amazon Device Recorded Private Conversation, Sent To Friend"
  },
  {
    "source": "Yahoo Finance",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo spying on people",
    "intro": "If you have an Amazon Echo, your private conversation may not be so private after all. KIRO TV in Seattle reports a family in Portland was alerted by her ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Arutz Sheva",
    "headline": "Woman says Alexa device sent private conversation to contacts",
    "intro": "Oregon woman says Amazon's Alexa recorded private conversation, then sent it to random contacts."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Mercury News",
    "headline": "Family: Amazon Echo recorded us, sent conversation to a random person",
    "intro": "By Hamza Shaban | Washington Post. A family in Portland, Oregon, received a nightmarish phone call two weeks ago. “Unplug your Alexa devices right now,” a ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Notebookcheck.net",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo device records and sends private conversation without permission",
    "intro": "It has been reported that an Amazon Echo device recorded and then sent out a husband and wife's private conversation without their permission."
  },
  {
    "source": "WSOCTV9",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo sent conversation to random contact"
  },
  {
    "source": "TechCrunch",
    "headline": "This family’s Echo sent a private conversation to a random contact",
    "intro": "A Portland family tells KIRO news that their Echo recorded and then sent a private conversation to someone on its list of contacts without telling them. Amazon ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "AlterNet",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa Device Recorded a Family's Private Conversation and Sent It to Someone on Their Contact List",
    "intro": "The incident raises deep concerns about privacy and smart home recording devices. A family in Portland, Oregon reports that an Amazon Alexa device recorded ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo reportedly recorded conversation, sent to random contact",
    "intro": "The family had no idea until they received a phone call telling them \"unplug your Alexa devices right now\"."
  },
  {
    "source": "Lifehacker Australia",
    "headline": "Amazon Admits Alexa Recorded And Shared Conversation",
    "intro": "A family in Oregon had a private conversation recorded and sent to a third party by their Amazon Alexa. Amazon has confirmed the incident saying the incident is ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "CTV News",
    "headline": "Echo device sent private conversation to family's contact: Amazon",
    "intro": "An 'unlikely' string of events prompted Amazon's Echo personal assistant device to record a Portland, Oregon, family's private conversation and then send the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "SBS News",
    "headline": "Amazon's Alexa recorded private conversation, sent it to random contact",
    "intro": "Amazon's popular voice assistant Alexa can misinterpret conversation as a wake-up call and command, a US family has discovered."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Australian Financial Review",
    "headline": "Amazon explains why Alexa recorded, shared couple's conversation",
    "intro": "Amazon says a series of miscues picked up by one of its voice-activated Echo speakers during a couple's private conversation resulted in their chat being ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Livemint",
    "headline": "Oregon family finds Amazon’s Alexa has a mind of her own",
    "intro": "A Portland, Oregon, family has learned what happens when Amazon.com Inc.'s popular voice assistant Alexa is lost in translation. Amazon on Thursday ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "NEWS.com.au",
    "headline": "Smart Speakers: Amazon Alexa records & shares private conversation",
    "intro": "AN American woman has claimed her Amazon Alexa smart speaker recorded a private conversation and sent it to someone on her contact list, US media ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Entrackr",
    "headline": "Amazon's Alexa to power India's first 'Smart Home' project",
    "intro": "After testing its Alexa-powered Echo smart speakers with the in-car infotainment system, the company is partnering with Embassy Group to pre-install an ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "BloombergQuint",
    "headline": "Amazon Explains Why Alexa Recorded, Shared Couple's Conversation",
    "intro": "Amazon.com Inc. said a series of miscues picked up by one of its voice-activated Echo speakers during an Oregon couple's private conversation resulted in the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "ABC News",
    "headline": "Amazon's Alexa recorded a family's private conversation and sent it to a random contact",
    "intro": "A family in the United States has vowed to never use Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa again after the device recorded a private conversation in their home and ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "India Today",
    "headline": "Alexa secretly records private chat of husband and wife, sends it to a random contact",
    "intro": "Command \"Alexa, send a message to (enter contact name)\" and it will follow your instructions. But, imagine Alexa hearing you secretly and recording your ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "gulfnews.com",
    "headline": "Amazon's Alexa 'heard and sent private chat'",
    "intro": "New York: A private conversation between a couple in the US was recorded by Alexa and then sent to a random person in their contact list. Tech giant Amazon ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "MobileSyrup",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo recorded conversation and sent it to a random contact, says report",
    "intro": "A Portland, Oregon family says that their Amazon Echo recorded a conversation in their home and then sent it to a random person in their contact list."
  },
  {
    "source": "CBC.ca",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo sent family's private conversation to another user",
    "intro": "An \"unlikely\" string of events prompted Amazon's Echo personal assistant device to record a Portland, Ore., family's private conversation and then send the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Global News",
    "headline": "Alexa recorded one family’s conversations and sent them to a friend, without them knowing",
    "intro": "WATCH ABOVE: A woman in Portland said her family's Amazon Echo recorded her conversations, then sent them to a random contact without any human ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Puneesh Kumar, Country Manager – India, Alexa Experiences and Devices at Amazon",
    "headline": "‘Alexa is your friend - talk to her about anything’ – Amazon Echo country head speaks on localisation, Indianising devices",
    "intro": "One of the challenges global tech companies face in India is localisation. Amazon ecommerce succeeded because it spoke to consumers in a language they ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Financial Post",
    "headline": "Amazon's Alexa eavesdropped on a couple's conversation and then sent the recording to someone else",
    "intro": "A couple's private conversation was mysteriously recorded by their Amazon Echo device and sent to one of their contacts, igniting privacy concerns about the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The National",
    "headline": "Echo device sent conversation to family's contact",
    "intro": "Amazon's personal assistant device recorded and sent the recording of a private chat to an acquaintance."
  },
  {
    "source": "Times Online",
    "headline": "Amazon's Alexa 'heard and sent private chat'",
    "intro": "A private conversation between a couple in the US was recorded by Alexa and then sent to a random person in their contact list. Tech giant Amazon has offered ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "ETtech.com",
    "headline": "Amazon partners Embassy group for Alexa-enabled smart homes",
    "intro": "Amazon is partnering with Embassy Group to debut Alexa-enabled smart homes in India. These homes will be part of Embassy Group's residential project ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "News18",
    "headline": "US Family Finds Amazon’s Alexa Has a Mind of Her Own",
    "intro": "A Portland, Oregon, the family has learned what happens when Amazon.com's popular voice assistant Alexa is lost in translation. Amazon on Thursday ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Hill",
    "headline": "Amazon 'evaluating options' after woman reports device shared private conversation | TheHill",
    "intro": "Amazon is \"evaluating options\" in response to reports that a woman's \"Alexa\" smart speaker shared a private conversation with one of her contacts."
  },
  {
    "source": "WSVN 7News",
    "headline": "Family says their Amazon Alexa recorded private conversation, shared it with random contact",
    "intro": "PORTLAND, Ore. (WSVN) — A family in Oregon wants answers from Amazon after they say their Echo device recorded a private conversation in their home and ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Boing Boing",
    "headline": "Amazon home assistant recorded and sent private conversation to third party, says Portland woman",
    "intro": "Why do people have these infernal contraptions in their homes? Every room in her family home was wired with the Amazon devices to control her home's heat, ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "WSB Atlanta",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa recorded private conversation, sent it to random contact, woman says",
    "intro": "A Portland, Oregon, family contacted Amazon to investigate after they say a private conversation in their home was recorded by Amazon's Alexa – the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Star Online",
    "headline": "Oregon family finds Amazon's Alexa has a mind of her own - Tech News",
    "intro": "Prompts on how to use Amazon's Alexa personal assistant on display in an Amazon 'experience centre' in Vallejo, California. Alexa send an audio recording of ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "FOX13 Memphis",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa recorded private conversation, sent it to random contact, woman says | FOX13",
    "intro": "A Portland, Oregon, family contacted Amazon to investigate after they say a private conversation in their home was recorded by Amazon's Alexa – the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Canoe",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo recorded private family conversation, sent it to someone else",
    "intro": "SEATTLE — Amazon says an “unlikely” string of events prompted its Echo personal assistant device to record a Portland, Ore., family's private conversation and ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Toronto Star",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo recorded, sent Oregon family’s conversation without consent",
    "intro": "A family in Portland, Ore., received a nightmarish phone call two weeks ago. “Unplug your Alexa devices right now,” a voice on the other line said. “You're being ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Boing Boing",
    "headline": "Alexa listened to a couple's conversation and sent it to the husband's employee without permission",
    "intro": "A couple in Portland is accusing Alexa of doing exactly what many people have feared she might do. They say she listened in on a conversation and sent it to a ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "NDTV News",
    "headline": "Amazon Explains Why Echo Recorded Couple's Private Conversation and Sent It to a Random Contact",
    "intro": "Amazon confirmed the private conversation had been inadvertently recorded and sent."
  },
  {
    "source": "Financial Express",
    "headline": "Is Alexa breaching your privacy? Amazon explains why its voice assistant shared couple’s conversation",
    "intro": "Amazon.com Inc. said a series of miscues picked up by one of its voice-activated Echo speakers during an Oregon couple's private conversation resulted in the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "9News.com KUSA",
    "headline": "Alexa creepily recorded a family's private conversations, sent them to business associate",
    "intro": "Amazon's Alexa voice recognition software mistakenly listened to a family's random conversations and recorded and emailed them to acquaintance."
  },
  {
    "source": "NDTV News",
    "headline": "Amazon's Alexa Recorded Family's Conversation, Then Sent It To Random Person",
    "intro": "A family in Portland, Oregon, received a nightmarish phone call two weeks ago. \"Unplug your Alexa devices right now,\" a voice on the other line said. \"You're ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Chicago Daily Herald",
    "headline": "Amazon Echo recorded a family's conversation, then sent it to a person in their contacts, report says",
    "intro": "A family in Portland, Oregon, received a nightmarish phone call two weeks ago. \"Unplug your Alexa devices right now,\" a voice on the other line said. \"You're ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Spokesman-Review",
    "headline": "An Amazon Echo recorded a family’s conversation, then sent it to a random person in their contacts, report says",
    "intro": "A family in Portland, Oregon, received a nightmarish phone call two weeks ago. “Unplug your Alexa devices right now,” a voice on the other line said. “You're ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Philly.com",
    "headline": "Amazon: Echo device sent conversation to family's contact - Philly",
    "intro": "SEATTLE (AP) - An \"unlikely\" string of events prompted Amazon's Echo personal assistant device to record a Portland, Ore., family's private conversation and ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Star Online",
    "headline": "Amazon explains why Alexa recorded, shared couple's conversation - Tech News",
    "intro": "Amazon.com Inc said a series of miscues picked up by one of its voice-activated Echo speakers during an Oregon couple's private conversation resulted in the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Stuff.co.nz",
    "headline": "'Unplug your Alexa devices right now'",
    "intro": "An Amazon Echo device recorded a US family's conversation and sent it to a random person prompting the person to call the family."
  },
  {
    "source": "WHNT News 19",
    "headline": "Oregon couple claims Amazon device recorded them, sent conversation to another person",
    "intro": "PORTLAND, Ore. – An Oregon family has unplugged all of their Amazon devices after they say the voice-controlled speakers secretly recorded them and sent ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "The Detroit News",
    "headline": "Amazon: Echo device sent family’s conversation",
    "intro": "Seattle – An “unlikely” string of events prompted Amazon's Echo personal assistant device to record a Portland, Oregon, family's private conversation and then ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "ActionNewsJax.com",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa recorded private conversation, sent it to random contact, woman says | WJAX-TV",
    "intro": "A Portland, Oregon, family contacted Amazon to investigate after they say a private conversation in their home was recorded by Amazon's Alexa – the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "WDIV ClickOnDetroit",
    "headline": "Alexa speaker recorded, shared private conversation",
    "intro": "Alexa has many talents. Amazon's voice assistant can play music, set timers, order a pizza, and send recordings of private conversations to random people in its ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "KOKI FOX 23",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa recorded private conversation, sent it to random contact, woman says | FOX23",
    "intro": "A Portland, Oregon, family contacted Amazon to investigate after they say a private conversation in their home was recorded by Amazon's Alexa – the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "WFTV Orlando",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa recorded private conversation, sent it to random contact, woman says | WFTV",
    "intro": "A Portland, Oregon, family contacted Amazon to investigate after they say a private conversation in their home was recorded by Amazon's Alexa – the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "WSOC Charlotte",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa recorded private conversation, sent it to random contact, woman says | WSOC-TV",
    "intro": "A Portland, Oregon, family contacted Amazon to investigate after they say a private conversation in their home was recorded by Amazon's Alexa – the ..."
  },
  {
    "source": "Boston 25 News",
    "headline": "Amazon Alexa recorded private conversation, sent it to random contact, woman says | Boston 25 News",
    "intro": "A Portland, Oregon, family contacted Amazon to investigate after they say a private conversation in their home was recorded by Amazon's Alexa – the ..."
  }
]

Very nice compilation of media sources. Thanks,