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Jared Peters
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Here’s the drawback to Google recently implemented voice recognition into Chrome; malicious websites can utilize that voice recognition to listen in and possibly record you.
Before you freak out, that sounds significantly worse than it actually is. The “exploit,” according to developer Tal Ater, involves a website asking for your permission to use your microphone for whatever purpose. Afterwards, that site can exploit a bug in Chrome’s voice recognition to listen in on you. A site may launch a pop-up to continue listening in even if you’ve closed the tab for that particular site.
Obviously, there’s two pretty safe ways to avoid the bug. First off, make sure there are no excessive Chrome windows open while you’re browsing, and secondly, don’t give shady websites permission to access your microphone. It’s common sense, but still a danger to someone that isn’t paying attention.
According to Ater, a fix for this bug is easy. So easy, in fact, that Google has already developed a patch for the exploit, they just haven’t put it into subsequent builds of Chrome. Odd, but Google must have some reasoning for not pushing out a fix for something this small. Still, until it does get patched, pay attention to what sites you’re letting access your computer hardware.
source: Tal Ater
via: Engadget
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