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South Park trolled Amazon Echo owners in the best way possible | TechCrunch - 0 views

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    "This is one of the minor dangers of owning an Amazon Echo. Most anyone can activate the device by just saying the wake word, including Cartman. And in the season opener of South Park, that's exactly what happened. If someone watched that episode of South Park in the same room as an Echo, their Amazon shopping list was filled with random, gross items. This example shows the potential danger of having a voice-activated shopping assistant. It's easy to imagine a potential rogue advertisement, online or elsewhere, that could, in theory, say the right words to order a particular product - like a South Park box set."
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Police Request Amazon Echo Recordings For Homicide Investigation - Slashdot - 0 views

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    "Amazon objects to over-broad or otherwise inappropriate demands as a matter of course," the company said in a statement. Even without Amazon's help, police may be able to crack into the Echo, according to the warrant"
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Amazon Web Services goes down, taking Netflix, Reddit, Pocket and more with it - 0 views

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    "If you're having trouble accessing several parts of the Web today, it's because Amazon Web Services is having a bit of a glitch this morning."
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Amazon Echos activated by TV comment - BBC News - 0 views

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    An on-air comment by a US TV presenter activated Amazon Echo gadgets in viewers' homes across San Diego.
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Smart speaker recordings reviewed by humans - BBC News - 0 views

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    "Amazon, Apple and Google all employ staff who listen to customer voice recordings from their smart speakers and voice assistant apps."
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Patient Home Monitoring Service Leaks Private Medical Data O - 0 views

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    Kromtech Security Researchers have discovered another publically accessible Amazon S3 repository. This time it contained medical data in 316,363 PDF reports in the form of weekly blood test results. Many of these were multiple reports on individual patients. It appears that each patient had weekly test results totaling around 20 files each. That would still be an estimated 150,000+ people affected by the leak.
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Mycroft - Open Source Voice Assistant - Mycroft - 0 views

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    Open source, privacy aware Google Home & Amazon Alexa iot device and much more
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For Owners of Amazon's Ring Security Cameras, Strangers May Have Been Watching - 0 views

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    "For Owners of Amazon's Ring Security Cameras, Strangers May Have Been Watching Too"
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The House That Spied on Me - 0 views

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    "In December, I converted my one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco into a "smart home." I connected as many of my appliances and belongings as I could to the internet: an Amazon Echo, my lights, my coffee maker, my baby monitor, my kid's toys, my vacuum, my TV, my toothbrush, a photo frame, a sex toy, and even my bed."
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AWS Service Terms - 57.10! - 0 views

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    "57.10 Acceptable Use; Safety-Critical Systems. Your use of the Lumberyard Materials must comply with the AWS Acceptable Use Policy. The Lumberyard Materials are not intended for use with life-critical or safety-critical systems, such as use in operation of medical equipment, automated transportation systems, autonomous vehicles, aircraft or air traffic control, nuclear facilities, manned spacecraft, or military use in connection with live combat. However, this restriction will not apply in the event of the occurrence (certified by the United States Centers for Disease Control or successor body) of a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume living human flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of organized civilization."
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Inaudible ultrasound commands can be used to secretly control Siri, Alexa, and Google N... - 1 views

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    Is your digital assistant taking orders behind your back? Scientists from China's Zheijiang University have proved it's possible, publishing new research that demonstrates how Siri, Alexa, and other voice-activated programs can be controlled using inaudible ultrasound commands.
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