Post by account_disabled on Dec 2, 2023 21:28:43 GMT -7
First of all, it is important to clarify that if we do not change the default settings of smart speakers, they record all the commands that we dictate to them . Recordings are typically stored on the device and then sent to the company's cloud servers for processing. Since many users do not change the default settings, manufacturers have full control of the recordings and can use them in different ways, including to improve the quality of service, further develop AI technologies or establish advertising profiles of users in order to sell them to marketing companies.
Establishing a customer profile calls into question the user's privacy. Passive listening to smart speakers, which is always on, also leaves consumers vulnerable. Passive listening gives rise to accidental Country Email List recordings, when certain words, misinterpreted, are assimilated to activation phrases (such as the use of “OK good” instead of “OK Google”).
Apart from businesses, this data is also of great interest to cybercriminals . Unfortunately, no security system is 100% reliable, and companies therefore regularly experience data leaks from their users. In 2019, Google reported the leak of 1,000 recordings from smart speakers.
153 of these were “conversations that should never have been recorded” because the activation phrase “OK Google” was not spoken. The main vulnerability of smart speakers is that they are generally connected to several devices in order to control different rooms in our home, solely by speech. All devices would thus be in danger if one of them were to be hacked.
Establishing a customer profile calls into question the user's privacy. Passive listening to smart speakers, which is always on, also leaves consumers vulnerable. Passive listening gives rise to accidental Country Email List recordings, when certain words, misinterpreted, are assimilated to activation phrases (such as the use of “OK good” instead of “OK Google”).
Apart from businesses, this data is also of great interest to cybercriminals . Unfortunately, no security system is 100% reliable, and companies therefore regularly experience data leaks from their users. In 2019, Google reported the leak of 1,000 recordings from smart speakers.
153 of these were “conversations that should never have been recorded” because the activation phrase “OK Google” was not spoken. The main vulnerability of smart speakers is that they are generally connected to several devices in order to control different rooms in our home, solely by speech. All devices would thus be in danger if one of them were to be hacked.