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Good point if I set up the Pi myself, but it's unclear if this will apply to the device if it gets produced commercially.
by michaelmior 8y ago
Good point if I set up the Pi myself, but it's unclear if this will apply to the device if it gets produced commercially.
- StavrosK 8y agoEven if it gets produced commercially, no network access means no problem.
- shagie 8y agoIn the “let’s go down the what could be done” path... No network accesss doesn’t mean no access to the outside world. “Alexa, tell some tracker that ...” when you are asleep. And how many people audit their past activations on the Alexa app? No, I don’t believe this would be the case... I have half a dozen Alexa devices of various builds, a google home (that is currently powered off) and some iDevices plugged in for hey Siri in different rooms. The thing I was trying to point out though is that no network access is not no outside world access for this device. And if one is paranoid enough to desire this device, then the device itself should be worried about. And yes, with the right software, it could be reprogrammed via voice too. “Alexa, read some reprogramming site”. The only acceptable solution is to make it yourself and audit the code yourself if you are concerned enough to desire it in the first place.