[winternett]

I think it depends on what type of business you conduct...

Just like people are putting Alexa in their homes and businesses, it can be potentially used for anti-competitive reasons, or to get inside information. This will get worse over time as we know...

A simple example is hacking a CEO's Alexa to listen to his phone calls at home to get insider trading tips...

The companies that make these products are not bound by an official code of ethics, and Governments barely understand the implications of technology, much less than corruption of technology. Laws to prevent misuse and manipulation of consumer products are weak, but proper investigation and enforcement of those laws are even weaker.

Google has also been changing Chrome Browser to suit it's information gathering needs as well. If they own the majority of market share, they won't really need their analytic tools on every site. We need to start thinking on a larger scale about how companies can influence culture, markets, and lives, and how to ensure there are proper rules in place to prevent catastrophe.