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This device keeps Alexa and other voice assistants from snooping on you

Enlarge / LeakyPick as it monitors a network that has an Amazon Echo connected. (credit: Mitev, et al.) As the popularity of Amazon Alexa and other voice assistants grows, so too does the number of ways those assistants both do and can intrude on users' privacy. Examples include hacks that use lasers to surreptitiously unlock connected-doors and start cars, malicious assistant apps that eavesdrop and phish passwords, and discussions that are surreptitiously and routinely monitored by provider employees or are subpoenaed for use in criminal trials.

 

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