Welcome to the Tech Gypsies podcast, Kin Lane and Audrey Watters' weekly discussion of the latest technology (and the politics of technology) news.

In this episode, we talk about Alexa and the commercialization of home surveillance.

Here are the stories we referenced:

• "Mattel Is Building an Alexa for Kids" via Fast Company
• "Amazon's Alexa started ordering people dollhouses after hearing its name on TV" via The Verge

Feedback is welcome. (You should email Kin with it though, not Audrey.)