March 02, 2020

Siri and Google Assistant hacked in new ultrasonic attack

Researchers have demonstrated how voice assistants can be secretly activated without ever physically touching the device.

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January 14, 2020

Microsoft now reviewing Skype audio in ‘secure’ places (not China)

A former contractor in Beijing: “It sounds a bit crazy now [...] that they gave me the URL, a username and password sent over email.”

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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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August 30, 2019

Apple apologizes for humans listening to Siri clips, changes policy

Apple is turning off automatic review of Siri audio and locking it down so that only Apple employees get to listen to it.

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August 22, 2019

Humans may have been listening to you via your Xbox

Microsoft has given audio clips to contractors for years, but it says it recently stopped. ... For the most part.

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August 20, 2019

Scammers use bogus search results to fool voice assistants

The Better Business Bureau reports that scammers have worked out how to game search results for company customer support telephone numbers.

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July 30, 2019

Listening in: Humans hear the private info Siri accidentally records

Apple Watch and HomePod have the highest rate of inadvertent recordings, a whistleblower says.

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July 12, 2019

Hey, Google, why are your contractors listening to me?

Humans are listening to our recordings - some made by mistake - to improve speech recognition. But they're not as anonymous as Google says.

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May 22, 2019

Some Androids don’t call 911 when you tell them to call an ambulance

Sometimes you get a list of ambulance companies, sometimes a blog post on when it's OK to call an ambulance.

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