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 15, 2019

Facebook got humans to listen in on some Messenger voice chats

Facebook says it's paused the practice of collecting voice clips and sending them to employees to transcribe and analyze.

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April 27, 2018

Getting an Amazon Echo app to silently eavesdrop on you

Researchers make an Alexa skill that turns your Echo into a eavesdropper

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November 15, 2017

Hackers mimicking little kids can fool voice recognition systems

Misuse of the technology is going to rise right along with the popularity of voice apps, says a recent study.

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July 25, 2017

Mozilla wants to hear your voice – but should you keep quiet?

The organization behind Firefox is crowdsourcing voice samples to help people outside the big companies build software and services. But is having your say a good idea?

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May 19, 2017

News in brief: twins fox bank’s voice security; FCC moves on net neutrality; torrent site closes

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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September 22, 2016

Siri opens “smart” lock to let neighbor walk into a locked house

"Thanks, Siri," said the guy who spent thousands on smart lightbulbs, temperature-sensing thermostats and a Bluetooth-controlled door lock.

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