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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.