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Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations

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Dec. 29, 2022, 3:35 p.m. | Bill Toulas

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A bug in Google Home smart speaker allowed installing a backdoor account that could be used to control it remotely and to turn it into a snooping device by accessing the microphone feed. [...]

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