A bill aimed at preventing “eavesdropping” by smart speakers, like Google Home and Amazon Alexa, passed a California Assembly committee last week, officials said Tuesday. AB 1395, authored by Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham, R-San Luis Obispo, and co-sponsored by Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, would prohibit smart speaker manufacturers from storing, data mining or selling voice recordings collected through a smart speaker, according ...

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