Google Home Smart Speakers Accidentally Enable Always-On Listening, Raising Privacy Concerns
Date: 2020-08-02
Attack vector: privacy-violation
Category: real-world
Severity: High

Tracked by the OECD AI Incidents and Hazards Monitor (AIM) as OECD-AIM-2020-08-02-7db3, dated 2020-08-02. Classified attack vector: privacy-violation. See the AIM incident page (https://oecd.ai/en/incidents/2020-08-02-7db3) and its cited news sources for full narrative detail.


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