https://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/4019838-family-was-watched-through-nest-security-cameras/ Everyone knows that Alexa and hello google is spying on you all the time but this is shocking to me.
An account being hacked is not the same thing as the company non-support employees having unregulated access to customers cameras. This issue is with all IoT devices. If I hack your wifi I can do crazy things. Nest should require stronger passwords but at the end of the day a system is as secure as it's weakest link.
Do you guys watch us?
No, you're boring
I would not allow my camera to access internet.
"a loaded gun" You know what, they want you guns to be "smart guns". Maybe later they'd require your guns to be connected to internet as well.
Alexa is not spying on you all the time. Stop it with these dumb fuck statements. It only streams audio when it heard the wakeword and you get a visual signal that this is happening.
You are assuming a few things. 1. This is how Alexa is TODAY, as per your knowledge. The next version or the next update, who knows? 2. A shabby or disgruntled employee has not left some vulnerability in the code that can make it snoop on people. 3. A layperson not following the best practices when it comes to security. This could cause someone to spy on people. 4. A third party app or skill or whatever hacking into Alexa using some vulnerability.
1. There have been commitments made to customers. And to government regulators. This will not change. 2. Obviously I have not audited all the code myself. My comment was not a commitment that no vulnerability could exist, but a statement that the general meme that Alexa is spying on you or "listening" all the time beyond the wakeword running on a circular buffer is just misleading and wrong. 3. I don't see how this is possible. 4. The API for skills is too limited to imagine that being likely. You can look it up yourself. Very different from, say, Android apps or iOS apps which actually run on device themselves and have a very rich, expressive API with a huge number of capabilities.
Yup, rather than the dumb $30 dollar thermostat, I want the $250 one so that people can spy on me. Lovely!