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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
A former contractor in Beijing: “It sounds a bit crazy now […] that they gave me the URL, a username and password sent over email.” Continue reading Microsoft now reviewing Skype audio in ‘secure’ places (not China)
Japan’s Henn na Hotel says it’s “modified” the bots so pervs can’t exploit the ability to run unsigned code and spy on future guests. Continue reading Robot Hotel says sorry about the buggy bedside bots
Just this January, Apple featured a billboard at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. “What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone,” the billboard stated. The recent news that Apple had contractors listening to Siri conversatio… Continue reading Who’s Listening? When Voice Assistants Invade Your Privacy
Apple is turning off automatic review of Siri audio and locking it down so that only Apple employees get to listen to it. Continue reading Apple apologizes for humans listening to Siri clips, changes policy
Microsoft has given audio clips to contractors for years, but it says it recently stopped. … For the most part. Continue reading Humans may have been listening to you via your Xbox
The Better Business Bureau reports that scammers have worked out how to game search results for company customer support telephone numbers. Continue reading Scammers use bogus search results to fool voice assistants
Apple Watch and HomePod have the highest rate of inadvertent recordings, a whistleblower says. Continue reading Listening in: Humans hear the private info Siri accidentally records
Humans are listening to our recordings – some made by mistake – to improve speech recognition. But they’re not as anonymous as Google says. Continue reading Hey, Google, why are your contractors listening to me?
Sometimes you get a list of ambulance companies, sometimes a blog post on when it’s OK to call an ambulance. Continue reading Some Androids don’t call 911 when you tell them to call an ambulance