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For the second time this year, smart speaker maker Sonos has sued Google for infringing on its patent portfolio.
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Google Home devices reportedly recorded noises even without the “Hey Google” prompt due to the inadvertent rollout of a home security system feature. Continue reading Google Fixes Mysterious Audio Recording Blip in Smart Speakers
By Zara Khan
Google accidentally enabled home smart speakers to listen to more than just voice commands
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In episode 102 of our July monthly show Scott and Tom walk-through the recommended privacy settings for Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers. ** Links mentioned on the show ** 8 ways to protect your Amazon Echo privacy while working from home htt… Continue reading Privacy Settings for Amazon Echo and Google Home
Voice-activated smart speakers can be pretty handy around the house, but they come with a privacy trade-off. Paranoid is an appropriately named start-up that’s now unveiled a set of devices that can make sure smart speakers are only listening when you … Continue reading Paranoid security systems block smart speaker ears until called on
Smart speakers have always posed a risk to privacy and security — that’s just the price we pay for getting instant answers to life’s urgent and not-so-urgent questions the moment they arise. But it seems that many owners of the 76 million or so smart speakers on the active install …read more
I knew we’d make smart home mistakes and that we would go down certain roads only to backtrack after things didn’t work out.
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Google disabled Xiaomi’s access to its Assistant and Home and Nest devices after a security breach almost two weeks ago.
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From ransomware ramp up, to voice assistant privacy perils, the Threatpost team breaks down the top news stories from this past year. Continue reading Top Zero Days, Data Breaches and Security Stories of 2019: News Wrap
Researchers say that Amazon and Google need to focus on weeding out malicious skills from the getgo, rather than after they are already live. Continue reading Alexa, Google Home Eavesdropping Hack Not Yet Fixed