Collaborate Disseminate
Hell hath no fury like a jealous clarinetist’s girlfriend! Your Google ChromeCast could be letting stalkers find out where you live! And why on earth is Graham recommending people write their passwords down in a book!?
Learn more in the latest episode … Continue reading Smashing Security #083: Fake email derails clarinetist’s dream
Two Google products have a design weakness that could reveal their users’ locations. Continue reading Google Chromecast and Home Speaker can leak location data to websites
The devices don’t require authentication for connections received on a local network; and, HTTP is used to configure or control embedded devices. Continue reading Google Home, Chromecast Leak Location Information
Google in the coming weeks is expected to fix a location privacy leak in two of its most popular consumer products. New research shows that Web sites can run a simple script in the background that collects precise location data on people who have a Google Home or Chromecast device installed anywhere on their local network. Continue reading Google to Fix Location Data Leak in Google Home, Chromecast
Anyone interested in smart home technologies will immediately run into a long list of issues. And it’s hard to know where to start.
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With little fanfare, Google has bumped the number of simultaneous queries and actions its Home smart speakers can handle at once.
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A Google-centric blog has discovered evidence that the search giant will finally release its own podcasts app for Android.
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“A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.” But, what if a robot breaks the first law of robotics? Continue reading Artist rigs up Google Assistant to (sometimes) fire a gun on command
Google smart speaker sales are growing over three times faster than those from Amazon, closing the gap in this critical market.
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A team of academic researchers has demonstrated that it’s possible to possible to closely mimic legitimate voice commands in order to carry out nefarious actions on these home assistants. Continue reading ‘Voice-Squatting’ Turns Alexa, Google Home into Silent Spies