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Using ultrasound attack to disarm a smart-home system
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Google's Project Nimbus is the future of evil
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You’re muted – or are you? Videoconferencing apps may listen when mic is off
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Silenced AirTags with disabled speakers are popping up for sale online
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Wearable Microphone Jamming
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Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if they’re stolen
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Amazon Echo Dot does not wipe personal content after factory reset
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'Smart' doorbells for sale on Amazon came stocked with security vulnerabilities
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Spying with Your Robot Vacuum Cleaner: Eavesdropping via Lidar Sensors [pdf]
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Phrases that incorrectly trigger Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant
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Wearable Microphone Jamming
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Bose headphones are basically a spyware on your head
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FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers a window into homes
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Before buying Ring, WEMO or Roku, consider privacy issues
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ET Don't Phone Home
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Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home
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I Tried Hiding from Big Tech in a Pile of Privacy Gadgets
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Microsoft Contractors Are Listening to Some Skype Calls
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Siri records fights, doctor’s appointments, and sex, and contractors hear it
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Magic Leap Says Ex-Engineer Copied Headset for China
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Samsung’s security reminder makes the case for not owning a Samsung smart TV
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The CIA Spied on People Through Their Smart TVs, Leaked Documents Reveal (2017)
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Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from landlords
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Vendors must start adding physical on/off switches to devices that can spy on us
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Big tech lobbying gutted a bill that would ban recording without consent
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Google’s Nest fiasco harms user trust and invades their privacy
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Smart Home Surveillance: Governments Tell Google's Nest Hand Over Data
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Found hooked up to my router
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Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse
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Facebook Patent Imagines Triggering a Phone’s Mic When Hidden Signal Plays on TV
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The House That Spied on Me
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Haven: Snowden's New App Turns Your Phone into a Home Security System
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Germany bans children's smartwatches
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Sex toy company Lovense admits its Android app locally stored audio recordings
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Google is nerfing all Home Minis because mine spied on everything I said
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What If We Put Warnings on IoT Devices?
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The Google Home Mini Is Google’s $49 Answer to the Echo Dot
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Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition systems with ultrasound
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Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder
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Bose Headphones Spy on Users, Lawsuit Says
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CloudPets teddy bears leaked and ransomed, exposing kids' voice messages
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German parents told to destroy Cayla dolls over hacking fears
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Child uses sleeping mom's thumbprint to buy $250 worth of Pokémon toys
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Headphones can be hijacked to surreptitiously record audio
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$17 smartwatch sends something to random Chinese IP address
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This is why people fear the Internet of Things
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If you hate telemarketers, you’ll love this robot designed to waste their time
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If You're Not Paranoid, You're Crazy
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Safe from what?
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Not in front of the telly: Warning over 'listening' TV
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I’m Terrified of My New TV
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A Problem With Amazon’s Fire TV
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Smart garage door controller is no longer smart
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Chamberlain blocks smart garage door opener from working with smart homes
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Detect Migrating Birds with a Plastic Dish and a Cheap Microphone
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