Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec...
by rsync on Monday January 14, 2019 @01:28PM
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"The device is built in a way that requires a wake word before any recording can possibly happen, thanks to it being built with 2 separate control boards."
This is a very technically naive interpretation of their hardware/software solution.
If the wake word were hard-coded into silicon then perhaps I would be charitable about your misunderstanding(s) - but of course it is not. The wake word is user-definable and can be changed to arbitrary sounds at any time.
Whatever hardware limitation(s) may exist are trivially worked around with software, which can be updated over the top of you at any time.
This is a very technically naive interpretation of their hardware/software solution.
If the wake word were hard-coded into silicon then perhaps I would be charitable about your misunderstanding(s) - but of course it is not. The wake word is user-definable and can be changed to arbitrary sounds at any time.
Whatever hardware limitation(s) may exist are trivially worked around with software, which can be updated over the top of you at any time.