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As the article says, there is a physical presence bar to meet to make this workable now, but I can't not think about clever ways that this could become a "worm"
by beager 9y ago
As the article says, there is a physical presence bar to meet to make this workable now, but I can't not think about clever ways that this could become a "worm" or spread digitally. Infected viral (actually viral!) YouTube videos? Robocalls that you hope go on speakerphone (where the fidelity of the attack signal may be questionable)? Or drive a car with big speakers around a neighborhood? How about a mobile phone botnet that just constantly speaks to digital assistants?
- narrowtux 9y agoThe speakers would have to be able to emit ultrasonic waves. I'm pretty sure that you need special hardware for this. (because the researchers themselves used a special ultrasonic emitter, not the speaker of the phone they used).
- beager 9y agoGood point. I wouldn't trust that the speaker on a mobile phone has a very good frequency response, but a TV or car stereo might be able to swing it.