Report: Smart Speaker Sales Hit a Record 86 Million Units in Q4 2018

A new report says that smart speaker sales hit a new record in the holiday quarter of 2018, with 86.2 million units sold.
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Win Back Some Privacy With A Cone Of Silence For Your Smart Speaker

To quote the greatest philosopher of the 20th century: “The future ain’t what it used to be.” Take personal assistants such as Amazon Echo and Google Home. When first predicted by sci-fi writers, the idea of instant access to the sum total of human knowledge with a few utterances seemed like a no-brainer; who wouldn’t want that? But now that such things are a reality, having something listening to you all the time and potentially reporting everything it hears back to some faceless corporate monolith is unnerving, to say the least.

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US Government Shutdown, Privacy at CES 2019, Mobile Location Data Controversy – WB51

Watch this episode on our YouTube Channel! This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for January 14th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: The US government shutdown and cybersecurity, privacy takes center stage at CES 2019, an… Continue reading US Government Shutdown, Privacy at CES 2019, Mobile Location Data Controversy – WB51

Phishing Attack Targeting Two-Factor Authentication, Amazon Echo Eavesdropping, Netflix Email Scam – WB49

Watch this episode on our YouTube Channel! This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for December 31st 2018 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: a new phishing attack targeting two-factor authentication, Amazon Echo eavesdropping, a… Continue reading Phishing Attack Targeting Two-Factor Authentication, Amazon Echo Eavesdropping, Netflix Email Scam – WB49

Amazon sent 1,700 audio recordings of Alexa user to a stranger

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An Amazon customer in Germany under the European Union data protection law called GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requested the company to send all the data it stored on him but little did he know he was about to get his hands on a t… Continue reading Amazon sent 1,700 audio recordings of Alexa user to a stranger

CYBER Podcast: The Security Advice You Should Give Your Friends and Family This Holiday

On this week’s episode of CYBER, Motherboard talks about the best security advice for friends and family this holiday, as well as those shiny new devices from the internet of things, including Amazon Echo and Google Home. Continue reading CYBER Podcast: The Security Advice You Should Give Your Friends and Family This Holiday

I Am Alexa, and I Am Here to Help: Simple Tweaks to Help Reduce Risk from Voice-Controlled Devices

Over the last few years, smart devices – once a rare novelty for only the elite and early-adopters – have become a common household item, partly in thanks to Amazon’s economical Alexa-powered line of products. Despite the growing adop… Continue reading I Am Alexa, and I Am Here to Help: Simple Tweaks to Help Reduce Risk from Voice-Controlled Devices