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Wheras presumably amazon or pure internet search history does not provide exactly the same function? I mean yeah, audio does provide a new attack vector, but t
by RugnirViking 8y ago
Wheras presumably amazon or pure internet search history does not provide exactly the same function?
I mean yeah, audio does provide a new attack vector, but then pretty much every new technology does.
- kermitismyhero 8y agoThere is a difference between deliberately typing those sorts of queries into a search field on a website, and a remotely-administered audio bug capturing every random bit of conversation within earshot.
- RugnirViking 8y agoa website quite literally is a remotely administered user input gatherer. I understand the concern about open microphones, but we've had this conversation about everything from laptop microphones to smart TVs before. I don't see how something like a new device changes the equation much compared to those things.
- kermitismyhero 8y agoYou and I and many others on internet forums may have had that conversation, but most non-geeks in my social circles haven't. Deliberately fucking with their voice assistants is a great way to quickly get them thinking hard about the issue with a minimum of conversation. It's past time to appeal to logic. It's now time to go straight for the emotional jugular by inducing some panic.