How to record what are the ways to record audio. -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of P. Subramani Sent: 31 May 2018 PM 02:51 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Amazon devices RECORD your private conversations and surreptitiously send them to others
people willingly accept others like amazon/google to share their privacy but cry foul over adar cards ----- Original Message ----- From: "pranaya rani" <pranayara...@gmail.com> To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled.'" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: 31 May, 2018 1:58 PM Subject: [AI] Amazon devices RECORD your private conversations and surreptitiously send them to others > Amazon devices RECORD your private conversations and surreptitiously > send them to others > > > > Tuesday, May 29, 2018 by: > Jayson Veley > Tags: > Amazon, > cyber security, > Glitch, > Hacked, > Jeff Bezos, > Orwellian, > personal information, > privacy, > privacy invasion, > spying, > surveillance, > technology > > > > 3,330VIEWS > figure > Image: Amazon devices RECORD your private conversations and > surreptitiously send them to others figure end > Images/Gundry-4-Eggplant-Apr-2018-MR > > > > (Natural News) > In yet another example of how technology can at times work against our > best interests, a family in Portland felt compelled to contact Amazon > recently after a private conversation was recorded by the > voice-controlled smart speaker “Alexa” and subsequently sent out to a > random person living in Seattle. > > > > “My husband and I would joke and say I’d bet these devices are > listening to what we’re saying,” explained Danielle, who did not want > her last name disclosed. > She went on to describe an alarming phone call that she received from > one of her husband’s employees in Seattle, who told her to “unplug > your Alexa devices right now” because “you’re being hacked.” > > > > “We unplugged all of them and he proceeded to tell us he had received > audio files of recordings from inside our house,” Danielle said. “At > first, my husband > was, like, ‘no you didn’t!’ And the (recipient of the message) said ‘You > sat there talking about hardwood floors.’ And we said, ‘oh gosh, you > really did > hear us.’” > > > > Danielle said that she felt that her privacy had been invaded, and that > she’s no longer going to be using the Amazon Alexa device because she > simply can’t > trust it any more. (Related: > Amazon has quietly decided to start photographing your home each time they > make a delivery.) > > > > When the local news station KIRO 7 reached out to Amazon for a response, > the e-commerce giant issued the following statement: “Amazon takes privacy > very > seriously. We investigated what happened and determined this was an > extremely rare occurrence. We are taking steps to avoid this from > happening in the > future.” (Related: > A new Amazon patent admits that it will listen in real-time for “trigger > words” that could get you arrested and imprisoned.) > > > > Get more news like this without being censored: Get the > Natural News app > for your mobile devices. Enjoy uncensored news, lab test results, videos, > podcasts and more. Bypass all the unfair censorship by Google, Facebook, > YouTube > and Twitter. Get your daily news and videos directly from the source! > Download here. > > > > Experts have warned of this possibility > > > > Truthfully, stories similar to this one about the Amazon Alexa listening > in on private conversations aren’t that rare; as a matter of fact, they > seem to > be becoming increasingly common. Worse still, these recorded conversations > could potentially end up in the wrong hands. > > > > Last June, a security expert > issued a dire warning > to users of electronic assistants like the Amazon Alexa and the Google > Echo, explaining that these devices could be hacked by criminals and used > to steal > important and personal information. > > > > According to cybersecurity expert Dr. Jason Nurse, even though the > electronic assistant devices put out by Amazon all have an “activation” > word (“hey Alexa,” > for example), hackers could potentially find a way to make it so that > these devices are listening in on your > private conversations > around the clock. Once that is accomplished, all it would take is a quick > sentence or two about your banking information – perhaps as you talk on > the > phone with your financial advisor, for example – and the hacker could do a > tremendous amount of damage to your livelihood and peace of mind. > > > > In order to test if a security breach like this was truly possible, a > team of researchers > at the security firm Checkmarx began fiddling with the Amazon Alexa to see > how easy it would be for a hacker to hack in. After just a few clever > manipulations, > they were able to achieve their goal, thus proving that the warning made > by Dr. Jason Nurse last June is entirely legitimate. > > > > It would be wrong to say that devices like the Amazon Alexa and similar > electronic assistants are entirely bad in nature. Indeed, they do make > life much > more convenient and come with a number of neat features. 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