Episode 7 - Hey Smart Assistant, Are You Spying On Me?

Tech Tho(ugh)ts

English - August 28, 2020 16:12 - 29 minutes - 39.1 MB
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Almost everything is a 'smart' device these days, but what are the implications of that? Is your TV going to start streaming you, instead? Are your light bulbs going to leak your pictures? Find out the answer to at least one of those things (and more)!

Sources for what we've mentioned and further information can be found on our website!

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Almost everything is a ‘smart’ device these days, but what are the implications of that? Is your TV going to start streaming you, instead? Are your light bulbs going to leak your pictures? Find out the answer to at least one of those things (and more)!

Sources:

Deleting Smart Assistant/Speaker Data:

The Guardian, 2020 March 8, ‘How to stop your smart home spying on you’

Malicious Apps/Skills/Actions:

BBC News, 2019 October 21, ‘Amazon Echo and Google Home owners spied on by apps’

The FBI on Smart TVs:

FBI, 2019 November 26, ‘Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Securing Smart TVs’

Hue Bulb Vulnerability:

Check Point Software, ‘The Dark Side of Smart Lighting: Check Point Research Shows How Business and Home Networks Can Be Hacked from a Lightbulb’

Sonos Ending Support/Separating Old Devices:

Wired, 2020 January 21, ‘Sonos Will Soon End Software Support for Its Older Speakers’CNN, 2020 March 17, ‘Come June, Sonos is splitting its ecosystem in two. Here’s what it means‘

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Website: https://breadnet.xyz/podcast/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/

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