This was one of our concerns on IoT and other revolving technologies for some time. In this case, the consumer came to know about it as the message was sent to one of their contacts..
We don't know how long this has been happening, and how those with resources have been capitalizing, and for how long as these technologies have been in development for a while.
With Amazon supposedly selling surveillance products to the government, it opens up a pandora box in terms of privacy and security concerns of citizens.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/aclu-says-amazons-facial-recognition-technology-is-being-used-for-government-surveillance-2018-05-22
Originally shared by Lauren Weinstein
Amazon apparently has confirmed that this occurred. I can't emphasize how important it is for the smart speaker industry to avoid these kinds of bugs -- they could quickly undermine support for this important tech that has so many positive uses.
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/woman-says-her-amazon-device-recorded-private-conversation-sent-it-out-to-random-contact/755507974
We don't know how long this has been happening, and how those with resources have been capitalizing, and for how long as these technologies have been in development for a while.
With Amazon supposedly selling surveillance products to the government, it opens up a pandora box in terms of privacy and security concerns of citizens.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/aclu-says-amazons-facial-recognition-technology-is-being-used-for-government-surveillance-2018-05-22
Originally shared by Lauren Weinstein
Amazon apparently has confirmed that this occurred. I can't emphasize how important it is for the smart speaker industry to avoid these kinds of bugs -- they could quickly undermine support for this important tech that has so many positive uses.
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/woman-says-her-amazon-device-recorded-private-conversation-sent-it-out-to-random-contact/755507974
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