Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protect privacy

Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec... by ehsankia on Monday January 14, 2019 @02:15PM (#18905536)

But doesn't the device light up when that happens?

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Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec... by withinrafael on Monday January 14, 2019 @02:24PM (#18905619)

I was just offering a counter to the hardware limitation claim. It's possible the device makes itself known during use, I haven't used this feature yet.

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Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec... by jedieaston on Monday January 14, 2019 @03:02PM (#18905959)

And it beeps, and the audio from the other end starts coming through the echo's speaker. There is just about no way to know someone dropped in on you.

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Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec... by smnrchrds on Monday January 14, 2019 @06:58PM (#18907754)

But is this behaviour implemented in hardware or software?

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Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec... by withinrafael on Monday January 14, 2019 @08:48PM (#18908247)

This feature is configured via its software.

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Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec... by ehsankia on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @07:43PM (#18917259)

My understanding is that the light at the very least was hardware. Sound can be disabled.

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