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It's more like having an unauthenticated API open to the network, where in this case the network is sound waves in your local space. The idea that anyone is usi
by ekimekim 7y ago
It's more like having an unauthenticated API open to the network, where in this case the network is sound waves in your local space. The idea that anyone is using voice for priveliged operations ("buy X", change my calendar, etc) is horrifying to me.
- WrtCdEvrydy 7y ago> anyone is using voice for priveliged operations I remember when people started broadcasting to Siri for people who had their headphones plugged in.
- pavel_lishin 7y agoI'm always startled to find out that people with very young kids have these in their house. Presumably there's some way from preventing a 3 year old from running up a $50k bill?
- javagram 7y agoAlexa purchasing can be configured with a voice PIN. I believe purchasing by voice does have to be enabled initially through the app as well. https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201952610 https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=... Edit: I looked in my Alexa app and there is also a voice recognition option, so you can use it to only allow purchasing via recognized voice patterns and require a PIN for anything else.
- mikeash 7y agoI didn't turn on the purchasing option. Seems pointless anyway, I always want to comparison shop things.