[HN Gopher] An analysis of Amazon Echo's network behavior
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An analysis of Amazon Echo's network behavior
Author : pramodbiligiri
Score : 86 points
Date : 2021-08-25 20:18 UTC (2 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (arxiv.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (arxiv.org)
| einpoklum wrote:
| > Overall, we find the Echo to be a well-designed device from the
| network communication perspective.
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| It seems the article does not concern itself with what the device
| tells Amazon about you, but rather whether it ensures only Amazon
| will be able to eavesdrop on you and that they do so reliably.
| What a "refreshing" perspective.
| ec109685 wrote:
| What are they supposed to say if it is a well-designed device?
| ilyakiselev wrote:
| Exactly.
| dylan604 wrote:
| State that it is a well designed privacy invading device?
| prepend wrote:
| I think it's important to distinguish expected privacy vs
| actual. The fact that I allow it to send my queries to
| Amazon isn't a privacy issue.
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| If the network behavior showed it was sending data it's not
| supposed to do, that would be noteworthy.
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| So this paper is helpful in this regard (in addition to
| other material).
| [deleted]
| iamstupidsimple wrote:
| This was a computing paper trying to prod for security
| holes, not a political statement. It's not relevant the
| device itself might be problematic, only that it's security
| is sound.
| mavhc wrote:
| It's a device to make it easy to communicate with Amazon, if
| you didn't want to do that why would you buy it?
| bigyikes wrote:
| I don't know anybody who has one to "communicate with
| Amazon". They have one to listen to music, make grocery
| lists, set timers, etc. Who wants to communicate with Amazon?
| [deleted]
| banana_giraffe wrote:
| It'd be interesting to compare this work with a similar dive into
| an Echo 3rd gen or later that adds support for Sidewalk.
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