Playing the vigilant sleuth, one woman decided to put her Amazon Echo to the test. When Wikileaks released a data dump early this week containing CIA files revealing the Agency’s unprecedented clandestine hacking activities, many consumers were left wondering whether their own devices were acting as direct conduits to CIA snooping. Still, Alexa’s ever-listening audio receiver has been viewed as creepy at best, but mostly still mostly innocuous. The disquieting possibilities related to devices that are “always on” only increased when Amazon pushed their always-listening Alexa devices to market. The build up of the “Internet of Things” has given rise to far more privacy concerns than anyone likely anticipated.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |