[HN Gopher] An analysis of Amazon Echo's network behavior ___________________________________________________________________ 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. | | 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. | | If the network behavior showed it was sending data it's not | supposed to do, that would be noteworthy. | | 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-08-25 23:00 UTC)