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Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec... by aylmao on Monday January 14, 2019 @03:08PM (#18906011)
> Users without the skills to verify the code isn't nefarious have to trust good samaritan developers instead.

I trust that amongst thousands of people with different incentives at least one will raise their voice if something is not right. At least more so than I trust a corporation with, in this case, the the wrong incentives to self-regulate to my expectations.

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Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec... by TearsInTheRain on Monday January 14, 2019 @05:42PM (#18907242)
I've always wondered how much OS code gets audited or if everyone just assumes someone else will do it (bystander effect)
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