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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.
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In a long-overdue move, Amazon, Apple, Google, and others are partnering on a standard for the smart home industry.
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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
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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
You’re listening to the Shared Security Podcast, exploring the trust you put in people, apps, and technology…with your host, Tom Eston. In episode 94 for November 11th 2019: Facebook’s Group API data leak and 7,000 pages of leaked Fac… Continue reading Facebook Data Leaks, Smart Speaker Laser Attack, BlueKeep in the Wild
A US-Japanese team published a research paper which confirms an interesting and under-estimated possibility – these devices will also accept “signal injection” commands sent to them using pulses of laser light over distances of a hundred metres or more… Continue reading Smartphone and speaker voice assistants can be hacked using lasers
Smart voice assistants can be hijacked by attackers using lasers to send them remote, inaudible commands. Continue reading Alexa, Siri, Google Smart Speakers Hacked Via Laser Beam
Only a few years ago, Microsoft hoped that Cortana could become a viable competitor to the Google Assistant, Alexa and Siri . Over time, as Cortana failed to make a dent in the marketplace (do you ever remember that Cortana is built into your Windows 10 machine?), the company’s ambitions shrunk a bit. Today, Microsoft […] Continue reading Cortana wants to be your personal executive assistant and read your emails to you, too