Amazon fixed an exploit that allowed Alexa to listen all the time - Checkmarx

Amazon fixed an exploit that allowed Alexa to listen all the time

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May 7, 2018

Amazon’s Alexa is good at listening, since it has to be ready when you say its wake word, like “Alexa,” “Echo” or “Computer.” That very same feature, though, has people worried about their own privacy. Researchers from security firm Checkmarx have found a way to get Alexa to listen in and send a transcript of any conversations that it records while eavesdropping.

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