Tag: Amazon Echo
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Amazon Echo Dots Store a Wealth of Data—Even After a Reset
Like most Internet-of-things (IoT) devices these days, Amazon’s Echo Dot gives users a way to perform a factory reset so, as the …
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US Amazon customers have a week to opt out of Sidewalk — here’s why you should
You’ve probably heard of Amazon Sidewalk, the company’s home networking system. In fact Sidewalk is a bit more than that, it involves …
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Amazon says government demands for user data spiked by 800% in 2020
New transparency figures released by Amazon show the company responded to a record number of government data demands in the last six months …
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Amazon Echo And Ring Video Security Devices Black Friday Deals Hit Early At Up To 80% Off
Here we go, folks. Black Friday week is upon us, which means the deals are kicking up a …
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Amazon says police demands for customer data have gone up
Amazon has said the number of demands for user data made by U.S. federal and local law enforcement have increased during the first half of …
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Would you trust Amazon Alexa more if given the option to adjust privacy settings?
Trust in Amazon Alexa Trust in Amazon Alexa went up for regular users who were given the option to adjust their privacy and content …
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10 Ways To Own Your Cybersecurity In 2020
Bottom Line: One of the best New Year’s resolutions anyone can make is to learn new ways to secure their personal and professional lives …
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Alexa, Google Home Eavesdropping Hack Not Yet Fixed
Months after researchers disclosed a new way to exploit Alexa and Google Home smart speakers to spy on users, those same researchers now …
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Facebook Portal survives Pwn2Own hacking contest, Amazon Echo got hacked
Amazon Echo speakers, Samsung and Sony smart TVs, the Xiaomi Mi9 phone, and Netgear and TP-Link routers were hacked on the first day of the …
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Hackers Can Use Lasers to ‘Speak’ to Your Amazon Echo or Google Home
In the spring of last year, cybersecurity researcher Takeshi Sugarawa walked into the lab of Kevin Fu, a professor he was visiting at the …
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Alexa and Google Home phishing apps demonstrated by researchers
Amazon and Google have blocked spying, phishing apps that keep your smart speaker listening after you think it’s gone deaf, lie to you …
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Google chief warns visitors about smart speakers in his home
Apparently caught off-guard by a question from the BBC, Google hardware chief Rick Osterloh made up a privacy etiquette rule on the spot …
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