Amazon Echo and Google Home apps can spy on users and phish for passwords

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Lackadaisical security around apps for Amazon and Google personal assistants could enable malicious attackers to v-phish for passwords or eavesdrop on households

Apps for Amazon Echo and Google Home personal assistants can be crafted to listen-in on conversations, and even be used to ‘voice-phish' for passwords. That's according to new research by Berlin...

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