Collaborate Disseminate
In the spring of 2018, a couple in Portland, OR reported to a local news station that their Amazon Echo had recorded a conversation without their knowledge, and then sent that recording to someone in their contacts list. As it turned out, the commands Alexa followed came were issued by …read more
Continue reading Smart Speakers “Accidentally” Listen Up to 19 Times A Day
By Sudais Asif
A new type of attack called “SurfingAttack” can be used against voice assistant devices like Siri.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Voice assistant devices can be manipulated with ultrasonic waves
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Researchers have demonstrated how voice assistants can be secretly activated without ever physically touching the device. Continue reading Siri and Google Assistant hacked in new ultrasonic attack
That smart home speaker isn’t listening to everything you say, according to new research – but it is listening a lot more than it should. Continue reading Smart speakers mistakenly eavesdrop up to 19 times a day
Google’s controversial voice Assistant is getting a series of new commands designed to work like privacy-centric ‘undo’ buttons. Continue reading Google voice Assistant gets new privacy ‘undo’ commands
As part of its partnership in the Connected Home over IP alliance, Apple said that it would open-source some of HomeKit.
The post Apple Open Sources Some of HomeKit appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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In a long-overdue move, Amazon, Apple, Google, and others are partnering on a standard for the smart home industry.
The post Amazon, Apple, and Google Partner to Standardize the Smart Home appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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The current state of virtual personal assistants — Alexa, Cortana, Google, and Siri — leaves something to be desired. The speech recognition is mostly pretty good. However, customization options are very limited. Beyond that, many people are worried about the privacy of their data when using one of these assistants. …read more
Continue reading Almond: Open Personal Assistant from Stanford
Apple may care about your privacy but that doesn’t mean it gets it right all the time, especially when it comes to training its Siri AI assistant. Continue reading Apple to fix Siri bug that exposed parts of encrypted emails
Apple is investigating an issue raised by a Mac specialist discovered to be storing emails that are supposed to be S/MIME-encrypted as readable files. Continue reading Encrypted Emails on macOS Found Stored in Unprotected Way