— And the voice?
— And other software. As a result, the system considered the hackers a legitimate user. So you need to look for the one who changed the music.
- Yes... More and more often I understand that the times of classic detectives are becoming a thing of the past. Thank you, Johann!
Unfortunately, such an attack on voice assistants is no longer science fiction. It was demonstrated in 2017 by scientists from Zhejiang University (China). The sound signals sent were inaudible to anyone, but were perfectly captured by the microphones of the attacked devices. The attack was called DolphinAttack, since these animals use ultrasonic signals to communicate with each other.
Safety Tales: Dog Tracks
Vladimir Bezmaly | 06.09.2017
- Good morning, Johann!
- Good morning, Mr. Commissioner. What happened?
- Everything is as usual. We just need your help. We are looking for the criminal who kidnapped our agent.
- What do you know about him?
- Male, tall, with a large gray Great Dane. The agent was kidnapped last night. White van. The van was found 10 blocks from the crime scene. Their whereabouts are unknown.
— Do you know his name?
- Alas, no!
- But do you know at least something?
- Yes. They contacted him through the mailbox.
- That's good already. Who paid for the box?
— We already found out that Jim S paid for it. But he’s not home.
- Let's try to find out where he is.
- But how? The phone is not answering, it’s turned off.
- So what? Let's call animal control on his behalf.
- And what will this give us?
- We'll see now.
— Hello? Is this Animal Control? This is Jim S. You know, my dog russia whatsapp data got loose and ran off somewhere, and I forgot his tracking number. Can you help me? Also, I bought a new smartphone yesterday, reset the old one, I'd like to install a dog tracking app on here. How long will it be before I can do that?
— I reset the settings and sent you an SMS with a link. Install it and never lose your dog again.
An hour later, Jim S. was found, or rather, by tracking his dog, the police found the owner. The agent was released.
Do you think that only you can track your dog via GPS ? No! It is you who can be tracked via its GPS . Welcome to the real world!