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How To Hack The Amazon Echo? Users Are The Weak Spot

NPR
Published December 30, 2019 at 11:33 AM CST
The artificial intelligence behind smart speakers gets more powerful as Americans give them more control over door locks and lightbulbs. (Courtesy of Joshua McNichols)
The artificial intelligence behind smart speakers gets more powerful as Americans give them more control over door locks and lightbulbs. (Courtesy of Joshua McNichols)

Some one in four Americans own a smart speaker. The artificial intelligence behind those devices gets more powerful as Americans give them more control over door locks and lightbulbs.

KUOW’s Joshua McNichols(@joshuamcnichols) looks into how hackers could get into a smart home through a smart speaker. This story was adapted from the KUOW podcast Primed.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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