Amazon fixed an Alexa flaw that allowed devices to eavesdrop

26 April 2018
The vulnerability allowed devices powered by the voice assistant to secretly listen to users' conversation and even send a transcript of whatever it listens.

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  • singit
  • nGy
  • 28 Apr 2018

no surprise. just like swiftkey recording all of your emails and texts and pass words and bank details that you type into your phone... everything you enter. all recorded and uploaded to their server.

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    • Anonymous
    • j2K
    • 28 Apr 2018

    Akinaro, 26 Apr 2018By "fixing" they mean make it not so obvious that device re... moreBeat me to it.

      This is why you shall not keep adding all those newly released IoT devices to your home. I wonder how things would turn out if flaws in a service, like Amazon Key service would be found.

        The infancy of Skynet *shivering* Creepy!

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          • Haris
          • IbG
          • 26 Apr 2018

          Akinaro, 26 Apr 2018By "fixing" they mean make it not so obvious that device re... moreExactly, why do you think these hot cakes sell for such a low price.

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            • MA21
            • t7Q
            • 26 Apr 2018

            Eske Rahn, 26 Apr 2018"Flaw"? I thought that was what NSA wanted them for....Yep. (redacted) probably got what they needed and had to demolish the backdoor so no one else can use it.

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              • ddd
              • 33I
              • 26 Apr 2018

              very funny. is there anybody so stupid to trust alexa?

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                • Eske Rahn
                • s0B
                • 26 Apr 2018

                "Flaw"? I thought that was what NSA wanted them for....

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                  • mir
                  • 7Xe
                  • 26 Apr 2018

                  That's utter nonsense. They would lose a lot of their revenue if they can't obtain data from spying on their users.

                    By "fixing" they mean make it not so obvious that device record and send data to them?