Readers who are concerned about the security of their devices can check the manufacture year by inspecting the original package. If the copyright shows the year and a model number ending in 02, it's not vulnerable. Echo users can also mute their devices at any time by pushing a physical button. You must login or create an account to comment. Skip to main content Enlarge. MWR Labs. Email dan. That means the work it takes for hackers to listen in often isn't worth the information they might get, he says.
It's much more likely a scammer would target your banking information than try to take control of your smart speaker. Also, the way smart speakers operate makes them less vulnerable to hacks than your other internet-connected devices, like laptops and smart phones, he says. That means hackers only have two options to get at your information: infiltrating the stream to Amazon and Google's servers or your voice communications to the device.
Even if you're using your device to make purchases, Williams adds, your credit card information isn't stored on the smart speaker but accessed through the servers of Google or Amazon, meaning it would require a vulnerability of the company's system at large for that information to be hacked. We have taken measures to make Echo secure. These include disallowing third party application installation on the device, rigorous security reviews, secure software development requirements and encryption of communication between Echo, the Alexa App and Amazon servers," an Amazon spokesperson told CNBC Make It in a statement.
Whether it's to show an interesting feature or make Alexa say something funny, showing off your Echo device undoubtedly looks cool.
With the excitement of owning a smart home device for the first time, many people are posting videos of them on social media while giving commands. Posting what devices you own, how you use them, and your voice commands can potentially open you up to various types of risks.
Hackers can easily identify what smart home devices exist within your home and the ways that they can make use of them. In general, smart home devices work best in an ecosystem. For this reason, many smart home manufacturers like Amazon continually find ways to find smart home devices for almost every need.
However, it's important to understand that just because these devices are available, it doesn't necessarily mean that you should have them inside your home. While companies will always be looking for new ways to get you to open your wallet, there are always opportunities to choose safety over convenience. While this doesn't currently seem like a substantial issue, the continuous integration of smart devices into our homes can set us up for dangerous situations in the future.
In fact, it's always better to build a solid foundation of safe and secure smart home device practices before any real threat is realized. Unfortunately, device manufacturers can only fill in so many gaps. At the end of the day, staying safe from people looking to take advantage of your smart home devices is an ongoing and somewhat personal act.
You can hear more about those defenses, and how hackers are trying to breach them, in the full podcast episode of Primed. He obtained access to my camera by phishing my Amazon account with my permission.
I asked a hacker to spy on me via my Amazon account. It took him 5 minutes to break in Dec 09, at am. By Carolyn Adolph. I clicked on it, and entered my Amazon login and password. That email gave hackers access to my home. This was a fake phishing attempt. I knew it was coming.
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