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Privacy in the Age of Voice-Activated Digital Assistants

Clip: 1/12/2017 | 9m 38sVideo has Closed Captions

Amazon’s voice-activated digital assistant is a hot seller, but there are privacy issues.

The personal digital assistant is taking off. Joining us to talk about the digital assistant revolution and the privacy issues that may come with them is Jim Speta, a professor of law and senior associate dean at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law.

01/12/2017 | Rating NR

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