Hacking Research Aims to Prevent Data Theft
News Highlights: Hacking Research Aims to Prevent Data Theft.
“Alexa, wake me up at 7 tomorrow,” you say aloud while driving. When you get home, your car connects to the home wireless network, the garage door opens and your favorite radio station in the kitchen starts playing. The next morning the coffee maker starts brewing at 6:55 AM and the lights gradually turn to an optimized setting to start the next day.
This hyper-connected life-simplifying scenario is already a reality for people who own smart devices connected to devices with voice-activated personal assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri and Google’s Assistant. What is also a reality is that these systems can be used for hacking and data theft.