It turned out that the Xbox One turns on when it hears its ads on TV
Monday is almost like Friday, so it’s also worthy of good news. So, the Xbox One game console can recognize voice commands (and it’s so good that in some games the player can be fined for a checkmate, but that’s another story). So, if you say “Xbox On” next to the prefix, it will turn on. Very, I must say, convenient.
Now imagine the situation: you are watching TV. During the commercial break, Aaron Paul appears on the screen (an actor who played Breaking Bad). And by advertising the console, Aaron shows how it turns on on command. Guess what happens to your home console, which at this time is sleeping in the floor of the ear? That's right, she immediately turn on. And it will periodically try to do it when the corresponding ad will sound on TV.
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By the way, this is the commercial. And remove the children and the console from the screens.
In the comments to the news people write that there is a potential opportunity for advertisers. Remotely turn on the console from the user and ask her to open an advertising page (the URL can be specifically made as short as possible). Fortunately, as they say, this reaction does not happen every time. But it happens.
And now we interpolate the situation: Android-smartphones respond to the phrase “OK, Google” and, in iOS8, Siri is announced as a voice launch. Imagine further: let's say that some malicious attacker knows a malicious code that can disable your mobile. How can he introduce it? On the speakerphone of a supermarket to say "Ok, Google." Or say hello on the radio. Well, then give the command.
Now imagine the situation: you are watching TV. During the commercial break, Aaron Paul appears on the screen (an actor who played Breaking Bad). And by advertising the console, Aaron shows how it turns on on command. Guess what happens to your home console, which at this time is sleeping in the floor of the ear? That's right, she immediately turn on. And it will periodically try to do it when the corresponding ad will sound on TV.
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By the way, this is the commercial. And remove the children and the console from the screens.
In the comments to the news people write that there is a potential opportunity for advertisers. Remotely turn on the console from the user and ask her to open an advertising page (the URL can be specifically made as short as possible). Fortunately, as they say, this reaction does not happen every time. But it happens.
And now we interpolate the situation: Android-smartphones respond to the phrase “OK, Google” and, in iOS8, Siri is announced as a voice launch. Imagine further: let's say that some malicious attacker knows a malicious code that can disable your mobile. How can he introduce it? On the speakerphone of a supermarket to say "Ok, Google." Or say hello on the radio. Well, then give the command.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/226379/
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