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> could be remotely hijacked, using carefully crafted near-ultrasonic sounds, and forced to make unwanted phone calls and money transfers, disable alarm systems
by addisonl 4y ago
> could be remotely hijacked, using carefully crafted near-ultrasonic sounds, and forced to make unwanted phone calls and money transfers, disable alarm systems, or unlock doors.
I know Siri is much too dumb to facilitate a money transfer…
- Simon_O_Rourke 4y agoGetting Siri to actually do what you want it by standing close by and shouting tends not to work - not sure how some ultrasonic whisper is going to get the job done.
- jon-wood 4y agoAt least with Alexa devices disabling alarm systems and unlocking doors requires a PIN, mostly to defend against the much more low tech attack of shouting through the victim's letter box.
- yelling_cat 4y agoFor six months Siri interpreted my requests to call anyone as "Call Paul." It still might, but at that point I gave up and changed Paul's name in Contacts to stop accidentally bothering the poor guy.