Amazon’s Alexa had a slight eavesdropping flaw

Researchers at the security firm CheckMarx discovered a security flaw in Amazon’s Alexa voice enabled digital personal assistant that could have been used to eavesdrop and transcribe any ambient conversation. But, there are caveats: The flaw requires a user to not only install, but also run a malicious app on Alexa, and not notice Alexa’s trademark … Continue reading Amazon’s Alexa had a slight eavesdropping flaw