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Re:Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition system... by retSava on Friday September 08, 2017 @07:38AM (#15199453)
Yeah, those parts are easily available on Aliexpress in droves. Imagine this in the crowded subway.

"hey siri" "show me pictures of CENSORED" "send the first picture to mom" "yes, send it"

:S

Re:Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition system... by pls2halp on Friday September 08, 2017 @07:43AM (#15199472)
I’m pretty sure that Hey Siri is keyed to the users voice to some extent, so Siri should be safe. Not sure about Google, Cortana, Alexa etc.
Re:Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition system... by retSava on Friday September 08, 2017 @09:39AM (#15200041)
"We validated DolphinAttack on major speech recognition systems, including Siri, Google Now, Samsung S Voice, Huawei HiVoice, Cortana, and Alexa."

I take that as, Siri is probably not trained to only the wake-up phrase, and as such, seems to be _not_ trained to the voice at all since this attack worked.

That, or poorly trained. Don't know, can't verify.

Re:Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition system... by pluma on Friday September 08, 2017 @08:18AM (#15199618)
Emphasis on "to some extent". Relying on it is a bad idea even though it'll keep out most randos.

Speech fingerprinting, much like actual fingerprints, is not a reliable way to establish identity, especially if you want to avoid false negatives as you probably would in mass consumer facing technology.

Re:Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition system... by wwwv on Friday September 08, 2017 @07:45AM (#15199484)
Siri recognises the "hey siri" bit unique to the owner, further commands aren't validated.
Re:Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition system... by jlrbuellv on Friday September 08, 2017 @09:52AM (#15200108)
"OK Google" on my Pixel is keyed to my voice and can be used to unlock the phone (though I turned that feature off), but I'm not sure if it validates my voice when the phone is already unlocked, or if other google devices like the Home allow this.
Re:Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition system... by scott_s on Friday September 08, 2017 @11:34AM (#15200998)
You are correct that Apple claims that the opening "Hey, Siri" is trying to match against your voice specifically: https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/11/apple-addresses-privacy-qu...
Re:Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition system... by donohoe on Friday September 08, 2017 @09:36AM (#15200019)
No. It absolutely is not. There is no way (currently) to train Siri to just your voice.
Re:Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition system... by MikeTV on Friday September 08, 2017 @12:31PM (#15201637)
Cortana has that as an option in Settings, but it's not on by default.
Re:Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition system... by toyg on Friday September 08, 2017 @07:45AM (#15199481)
Siri is not keyed to anything . My daughter can talk to her as i do.
Re:Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition system... by wwwv on Friday September 08, 2017 @07:46AM (#15199486)
"Hey Siri" is.
Re:Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition system... by tonyedgecombe on Friday September 08, 2017 @09:37AM (#15200025)
Not on my phone, my whole family can trigger it.
Re:Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition system... by i_cant_speel on Friday September 08, 2017 @10:12AM (#15200261)
While it's locked?
Re:Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition system... by tonyedgecombe on Friday September 08, 2017 @04:23PM (#15203626)
Yes.
Re:Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition system... by kazagistar on Friday September 08, 2017 @10:14AM (#15200284)
How about forwarding password reset emails?
Re:Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition system... by retSava on Friday September 08, 2017 @11:56AM (#15201259)
"Siri, forward my Ashley Madison password email to my wife"