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Alexa and Siri Can Hear This Hidden Command. You Can’t.
Researchers can now send secret audio instructions undetectable to the human ear to Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant.
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Yet another reason an always-on microphone is a terrible idea.
Any microphone is potentially an always-on microphone. Ask the NSA.
At least Amazon, Google and Apple are not trying to hide it. Which makes them more trustworthy than the government. Yikes.
Shhhh they can hear!
And this is exactly why I’ll never own an Alexa or Google Assistant.
Completely agree. No matter what the advantages are, for me I don't want the privacy trade-off that comes with it.
Same here. One of my kin has Alexa...Creepy. This ain't Star trek folks,this is snoop and sneak about .