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With the recent controversy about Amazon and Google snooping in on smart speaker recordings, people should probably avoid reading out their passwords to human l
by johndough 7y ago
With the recent controversy about Amazon and Google snooping in on smart speaker recordings, people should probably avoid reading out their passwords to human listeners.
- ScottFree 7y agoHow would they determine that a particular string of words was a password as opposed to any other sentence?
- Qwertystop 7y agoIf it's not a coherent sentence, that would tend to be a hint. There are other explanations, admittedly.
- ScottFree 7y agoBut how is a machine supposed to be able to tell the difference? It's hard enough for humans to tell the difference between industry-specific jargon and nonsense.
- TimTheTinker 7y agoI wouldn’t use Siri or Google Assistant, since those are recorded (and I’d feel uncomfortable using a Google speech-to-text feature for that anyway). But is Apple’s speech-to-text feature (like on the iOS keyboard or in tvOS) recorded? If not, I’d venture to say I’m (currently) OK doing that with Apple services. They’ve prioritized security and privacy admirably.