Category: Google Home

Security Loophole in Google Home Speakers Let Hackers Snoop on Private Conversations

It was recently revealed that a security loophole within Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations. A bug allowed hackers to install a backdoor account on a Google Home smart speaker device and use it via remote control to eavesdrop on unsuspecting owners by accessing its microphone feed, reported Bleeping Computer. Security researcher Matt…


What, You Don’t Want a Surveillance Tool in Your Home?

Commentary Amazon has just announced a dramatic cutback in its division that develops Alexa, that space-age box in your home with whom you can have long conversations but assures us that she is not spying on us. And the data she collects is super secure and would never be shared with government. Right. It turns…