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In November, owners of the Aether Cone intelligent streaming audio device got a lump of coal for the holidays, when Aether, the manufacturer of the "smart speaker" announced it was going out of business.

At least that's the claim of a proposed class-action lawsuit filed late Tuesday in Illinois that accuses the high-end audio equipment maker of spying on its users and selling information about their listening habits without permission.

"Julia Powles and Jat Singh from St Johns College Cambridge discuss why the internet of things poses huge risks to online privacy. Julia and Jat discuss their recent article on the issue and why the law needs to catch up with these technological developments."

"Amazon, Apple and Google all employ staff who listen to customer voice recordings from their smart speakers and voice assistant apps."