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What happens when you ask Alexa, Google and Siri if they are spying on you

2:42 PM ET Wed, 16 May 2018

CNBC's Todd Haselton asked Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant if they are spying on him. Here's what each voice assistant had to say.

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