It is unsettling to know that no matter what steps you take to protect your privacy within the technology we use day to day that there is no way we will ever have that comfort.
Someone is always listening... check these articles out and turn off the your Voice/Audio settings in Google activity (it tells you how to) and STOP talking to your damn phones! Lol
Google page explaining use-
https://support.google.com/websearch.../6030020?hl=en
Google story-
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...-a7059376.html
Alexa story-
https://consumerist.com/2017/03/07/a...investigation/