There always someone listening in
Being afraid of having your information stolen from you through wiretaps is no longer considered a crazy conspiracy. By purchasing a virtual assistant for your home, you’re feeding information directly to huge companies, who will use that info to perfect their target-ad software and/or sell it to other major players.
So, what can you do about this problem? First, don’t buy a wiretapping device. Second, there’s nothing else you should do. If you stop Alexa and Assistant from entering your home, you’re pretty much safe. Oh, this also means getting rid of your phone and disabling the microphone on your laptop.