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Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec... by Spellchamp on Monday January 14, 2019 @10:50AM (#18903856)
Yeah, I'm wondering how it should work when you say the wake word too. Like if I say "Sister Assumpta, what's the weather like?" is it just going to repeat the same command but replace "Sister Assumpta" with "Hey Google?" Thus slowing the whole thing down?
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Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec... by entropicdrifter on Monday January 14, 2019 @10:58AM (#18903916)
Seems to me based on the description that it only says "Hey Google" to the device and then lets your voice through by cutting off the white noise. That would mean the only delay would be between when you say the wake word and when Google starts listening.
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Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec... by harperlee on Monday January 14, 2019 @11:00AM (#18903941)
The article says that after your keyword it deactivates the white noise wall for a while, and whispers the original keyword. So alexa / google / siri will hear you directly.
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