University of Michigan: Laser Pointer Could Hack Your Voice-Controlled Virtual Assistant
November 05, 2019
November 05, 2019
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 5 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
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- Researchers identified a vulnerability that allows a microphone to 'unwittingly listen to light as if it were sound'
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From a distance of more than 300 feet and through a glass window, a laser beam can trick a voice-controlled virtual assistant like Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant into behaving as if it registered an audio command, . . .
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- Researchers identified a vulnerability that allows a microphone to 'unwittingly listen to light as if it were sound'
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From a distance of more than 300 feet and through a glass window, a laser beam can trick a voice-controlled virtual assistant like Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant into behaving as if it registered an audio command, . . .