Collaborate Disseminate
Giving users of smart assistants the option to adjust settings for privacy or content delivery, or both, doesn’t necessarily increase their trust in the platform, according to a team of Penn State researchers. In fact, for some users, it could ha… Continue reading Would you trust Amazon Alexa more if given the option to adjust privacy settings?
Apple today announced some major changes to its controversial ‘Siri audio grading program’ following criticism for employing humans to listen to audio recordings of users collected via its voice-controlled Siri personal assistant without their knowledg… Continue reading Apple Changes the Way It Listens to Your Siri Recordings Following Privacy Concerns
Compromising locked Windows computers that have the Cortana voice-activated virtual assistant enabled is relatively easy – or it was until Microsoft made a simple tweak. The attack The discovery was made by Tal Be’ery and Amichai Shulman, a… Continue reading Locked Windows machines can be compromised through Cortana
Remember BlueBorne?
A series of recently disclosed critical Bluetooth flaws that affect billions of Android, iOS, Windows and Linux devices have now been discovered in millions of AI-based voice-activated personal assistants, including Google Home and… Continue reading Bluetooth Hack Affects 20 Million Amazon Echo and Google Home Devices