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solosnake
10/21/19 1:07:22 PM
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80/80

Berlin-based Security Research Labs (SRL) built the eight "smart spies", which were promoted as a way to deliver horoscopes and generate random numbers.
Once approved, the researchers updated the Echo Skills and Home Actions to eavesdrop and steal passwords.
They then alerted the US companies, which blocked the software.


https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50124713
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-Cipher-
10/21/19 1:09:08 PM
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"I don't care what hackers do with my data"
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HypnoCoosh
10/21/19 1:09:38 PM
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"won't happen to me"
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AlephZero
10/21/19 1:10:23 PM
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literally paying an enormous corporation to bug your home so people can steal your passwords
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ThePrinceFish
10/21/19 1:11:12 PM
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Lonestar2000
10/21/19 1:11:12 PM
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AlephZero posted...
literally paying an enormous corporation to bug your home so people can steal your passwords

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mustachedmystic
10/21/19 1:15:03 PM
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how is a speaker gonna steal a password?
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AvantgardeAClue
10/21/19 1:17:18 PM
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The article says it had to be a specific app installed

Who the fuck has apps on their smart speakers
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aki_sora
10/22/19 9:29:24 AM
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"America company never spy people"
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Ultima Dragon
10/22/19 9:32:56 AM
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-Cipher- posted...
"I don't care what hackers do with my data"


"I don't care who spies on me, I got nothing to hide."
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cjs28
10/22/19 9:35:34 AM
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Literally why I never got one of those devices
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