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Amazon echo just earned it's name.
by kneel 10y ago
Amazon echo just earned it's name.
- shostack 10y agoAnd I'm not sure there is anything stopping a Tap from listening without you knowing.
- EGreg 10y agoAny device that is listening all the time can be storing and sending anything you said. How would you know if it's encrypted? There has GOT TO BE a better way. Such as a filter made by independent manufacturers that opens the sound channel only when you say a specific phrase such as "OK Google" and closes it when you press a button or stop speaking. And an indicator would be visible when it's actually listening. The question is, how to prevent collusion with the independent filter companies? There has to be SOME WAY to open source hardware and prevent companies from essentially performing their own interdiction on it: https://www.google.com/amp/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2013/12/29/5253226/nsa-cia-fbi-laptop-usb-plant-spy?client=safari https://www.google.com/amp/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/201...
- jessaustin 10y agoHow would you know if it's encrypted? If outbound traffic levels are the same when you're using it as when you're not, it's probably bugging you? Of course a smarter arrangement would reschedule traffic to coincide with use...