Turning an Amazon Echo Into a Spy Device Only Took Some Clever Coding

Wired
By Lily Hay NewmanApr 25, 2018, 9:00 am45 pts
Researchers didn't have to hack Amazon's Alexa voice assistant to use it for eavesdropping. They just took advantage of the system in place.

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