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• OK, Google, let's put the new voice ID everywhere

  22-04-2017 13:00
  
  Google Home knows who's talking.When each recognized user speaks Home's wake words — which are "Hey, Google" and "OK, Google" — Home now switches to that person's account to give personalized information.This is a huge deal, a technological marvel and a major leap forward in human-machine interaction.It's also a cautionary tale about the downside of overzealous concern about privacy.How Google Home knows you're you
  Google Home is a virtual assistant appliance similar to the Amazon Ec
  
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• There's now a tool to test for NSA spyware

  22-04-2017 02:47
  
  Has your computer been infected with a suspected NSA spying implant? A security researcher has come up with a free tool that can tell.Luke Jennings of security firm Countercept wrote a script in response to last week’s high-profile leak of cyberweapons that some researchers believe are from the U.S. National Security Agency. It's designed to detect an implant called Doublepulsar, which is delivered by many of the Windows-based exploits found in the leak and can be used to load other malwar
  
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