Amazon & Google Accidentally Approved Apps that Spy on Users Via Home Speakers

Research has revealed that some third party apps for Amazon Alexa and Google Home can be used to secretly eavesdrop on users, obtaining personal information about them. According to Ars Technica, researchers from German firm Security Research Labs created eight different Skills for Amazon Alexa and Actions for Google Home, all of which appear to be normal but have been confirmed as malicious.Disguised as regular apps like horoscope readers and random number generators, the Skills and Actions hac...