Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations

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Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations

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Netsec@links.hackliberty.org · 2 years ago

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A bug in Google Home smart speaker allowed installing a backdoor account that could be used to control it remotely and to turn it into a snooping device by accessing the microphone feed.

cross-posted from: https://community.hackliberty.org/post/17203

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