Rigged YouTube videos can use Siri and Google Now to hijack your phone

Re:Rigged YouTube videos can use Siri and Google Now to hija... by sparky_z on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @02:59PM (#12081492)

Well, the device knows exactly what signal it's putting out through the speaker, so it can predict what the microphone will pick up. It doesn't know what someone with a hoarse voice is about to say.

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Re:Rigged YouTube videos can use Siri and Google Now to hija... by banana_giraffe on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @05:02PM (#12082258)

That attack described in the video isn't something the phone is producing and picking up (most phones already ignore what they playback), but rather a sound played by a laptop picked up by the phone.

And further, the attack described is a sentence that doesn't sound to a human like "Ok Google" or "Hey Siri", or whatever

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Re:Rigged YouTube videos can use Siri and Google Now to hija... by sparky_z on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @04:16PM (#12089311)

Okay, that's what I didn't understand. Thanks.

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