Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protect privacy
im confused, how are people arguing about if amazon echo or other smart devices record conversation without the wake up prompt?<p>-<a href="https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/woman-says-her-amazon-device-recorded-private-conversation-sent-it-out-to-random-contact/755507974" rel="nofollow">https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/woman-says-her-amazon-devic...</a><p>amazons statement is:<p>“Echo woke up due to a word in background conversation sounding like “Alexa.” Then, the subsequent conversation was heard as a “send message” request. At which point, Alexa said out loud “To whom?” At which point, the background conversation was interpreted as a name in the customers contact list. Alexa then asked out loud, “[contact name], right?” Alexa then interpreted background conversation as “right”. As unlikely as this string of events is, we are evaluating options to make this case even less likely.”<p>-<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/28/17402154/how-to-see-amazon-echo-alexa-conversation-recording-history-listen" rel="nofollow">https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/28/17402154/how-to-see-amazo...</a><p>amazon<p>"For these instances, Amazon claims that the devices were likely triggered by false positive commands."<p>in my mind, it's not a question of if the device is recording you, because that's exactly what it's made for. it's a question of, if the company or even worse, govt. want to use these devices for spying or info gathering.<p>we already know the NSA has back doors and exploits they explicitly decide to keep open so they can access devices for information gathering i.e spying.<p>-<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/eternalblue-leaked-nsa-spy-tool-hacked-world/" rel="nofollow">https://www.wired.com/story/eternalblue-leaked-nsa-spy-tool-...</a><p>so, i feel if you don't wish to open yourself up to the idea of a device spying on you, that's perfectly acceptable.