June 10, 2020

‘Bot or Not?’ – a game to train us to spot chatbots faking it as humans

Can you tell whether you're talking to a human or AI?

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March 04, 2020

S2 Ep29: Facial recognition, malware madness and smart speakers – Naked Security Podcast

Listen to the latest episode now!

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February 25, 2020

Smart speakers mistakenly eavesdrop up to 19 times a day

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.

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January 09, 2020

Google voice Assistant gets new privacy ‘undo’ commands

Google’s controversial voice Assistant is getting a series of new commands designed to work like privacy-centric ‘undo’ buttons.

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November 05, 2019

Police interrogate Alexa for clues in fatal spear-stabbing

A friend heard a couple arguing but couldn't make out what it was about. Police hope that Alexa might have a better idea.

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October 24, 2019

Robot Hotel says sorry about the buggy bedside bots

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.

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October 22, 2019

Google chief warns visitors about smart speakers in his home

Rick Osterloh says he discloses smart speaker use when someone enters his home, and the products should probably do so themselves.

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August 05, 2019

Google and Apple suspend contractor access to voice recordings

Apple and Google have announced that they will limit the way audio recorded by their voice assistants, Siri and Google Assistant, are accessed internally by contractors.

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December 19, 2018

Snack-happy parrot shows insider threats come in all shapes and sizes

The African Grey has tried to get Alexa to send him lightbulbs, a kite, watermelon, ice cream, strawberries, raisins, broccoli and ice cream.

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