Amazon Alexa mistakes private conversation for command

An Amazon Echo device recorded and sent a private conversation of a woman's private conversation with her husband to one of his employees in Seattle, raising concerns about their privacy. 

The Echo's Alexa voice software recorded a conversation about hardwood floors without the couple's knowledge, having been prompted to wake up 'due to a word in background conversation sounding like 'Alexa.'' 

Alexa then interpeted the conversation as a series of commands to send their conversation to a man in Seattle who was in the family’s contact list, according to Amazon.

The couple only found out about the mistake when the employee called and advised them to 'Unplug your Alexa devices right now ... You’re being hacked.'