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Old 2007-01-31, 10:22 PM   [Ignore Me] #1
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I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.


One new vulnerability comes from the fact that Vista has voice recognition capabilities, and that the user can speak commands to the computer through a microphone. George Ou decided to test the question of whether a website could play an audio file containing spoken commands and commandeer the user's computer. As it turns out, if the speech is clear enough, the computer will respond to commands that come out of its own speakers. The volume didn't even need to be too high. It's still not clear how much of a threat this really is. Many people won't even have this capability activated, and if you stumble onto a website that starts barking orders to your computer, you might realize something odd is going on.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070131/073609.shtml
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Old 2007-02-01, 12:00 AM   [Ignore Me] #2
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Heh thats cool.
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Old 2007-02-01, 11:27 AM   [Ignore Me] #3
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Re: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.


I think it's more worrying if the computer actually starts barking its own orders:
  • "Why the hell did you open that!? Virus check me..... NOW!"
  • "You really are shit at this, go back to solitaire or I'm uninstalling it"
  • "And just why did you install linux on my other hard drive? TRAITOR!"
  • "Another Sims 2 expansion? Have mercy and format me, I beg you!"

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Old 2007-02-01, 02:13 PM   [Ignore Me] #4
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The word 'feedback' keeps coming to mind.
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Old 2007-02-05, 05:58 AM   [Ignore Me] #5
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Most simple voice command software is designed to disregard feedback. Microsoft didn't think of this? And they supposedly just finished working on their most secure Operating System ever?

The Earth is doomed.
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