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Ring Gives Videos to Police without a Warrant or User Consent

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amazon, cameras, police, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

Amazon has revealed that it gives police videos from its Ring doorbells without a warrant and without user consent. Ring recently revealed how often the answer to that question has been yes. The Amazon company responded to an inquiry from US Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.), confirming that there have been 11 cases in 2022 where … Read More “Ring Gives Videos to Police without a Warrant or User Consent” »

Hacking Alexa through Alexa’s Speech

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academic papers, amazon, hacking, Security technology, Uncategorized, voice recognition

An Alexa can respond to voice commands it issues. This can be exploited: The attack works by using the device’s speaker to issue voice commands. As long as the speech contains the device wake word (usually “Alexa” or “Echo”) followed by a permissible command, the Echo will carry it out, researchers from Royal Holloway University … Read More “Hacking Alexa through Alexa’s Speech” »

Textbook Rental Scam

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amazon, courts, crime, fraud, scams, Security technology, Uncategorized

Here’s a story of someone who, with three compatriots, rented textbooks from Amazon and then sold them instead of returning them. They used gift cards and prepaid credit cards to buy the books, so there was no available balance when Amazon tried to charge them the buyout price for non-returned books. They also used various … Read More “Textbook Rental Scam” »

Technical Report of the Bezos Phone Hack

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amazon, hacking, malware, saudiarabia, Security technology, smartphones, spyware

Motherboard obtained and published the technical report on the hack of Jeff Bezos’s phone, which is being attributed to Saudi Arabia, specifically to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. …investigators set up a secure lab to examine the phone and its artifacts and spent two days poring over the device but were unable to find any … Read More “Technical Report of the Bezos Phone Hack” »

Fooling Voice Assistants with Lasers

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amazon, apple, authentication, google, hacking, Security technology

Interesting: Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant are vulnerable to attacks that use lasers to inject inaudible­ — and sometimes invisible­ — commands into the devices and surreptitiously cause them to unlock doors, visit websites, and locate, unlock, and start vehicles, researchers report in a research paper published on Monday. Dubbed Light Commands, the attack works … Read More “Fooling Voice Assistants with Lasers” »

Amazon Is Losing the War on Fraudulent Sellers

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amazon, fraud, reputation, scams, Security technology, trust

Excellent article on fraudulent seller tactics on Amazon. The most prominent black hat companies for US Amazon sellers offer ways to manipulate Amazon’s ranking system to promote products, protect accounts from disciplinary actions, and crush competitors. Sometimes, these black hat companies bribe corporate Amazon employees to leak information from the company’s wiki pages and business … Read More “Amazon Is Losing the War on Fraudulent Sellers” »

Fraudulent Tactics on Amazon Marketplace

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amazon, fraud, sabotage, Security technology

Fascinating article about the many ways Amazon Marketplace sellers sabotage each other and defraud customers. The opening example: framing a seller for false advertising by buying fake five-star reviews for their products. Defacement: Sellers armed with the accounts of Amazon distributors (sometimes legitimately, sometimes through the black market) can make all manner of changes to … Read More “Fraudulent Tactics on Amazon Marketplace” »

Sending Inaudible Commands to Voice Assistants

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amazon, apple, google, internetofthings, Security technology, voicerecognition

Researchers have demonstrated the ability to send inaudible commands to voice assistants like Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant. Over the last two years, researchers in China and the United States have begun demonstrating that they can send hidden commands that are undetectable to the human ear to Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant. Inside … Read More “Sending Inaudible Commands to Voice Assistants” »

Harassment By Package Delivery

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amazon, anonymity, internetandsociety, Security technology

People harassing women by delivering anonymous packages purchased from Amazon. On the one hand, there is nothing new here. This could have happened decades ago, pre-Internet. But the Internet makes this easier, and the article points out that using prepaid gift cards makes this anonymous. I am curious how much these differences make a difference … Read More “Harassment By Package Delivery” »