If you have one , make sure your Google Home speaker has latest firmware update

[crp]

https://downrightnifty.me/blog/2022/12/26/hacking-google-home.html

 

The short of it - last year a researcher got over $100,000 for reporting to Google a somewhat easy way to turn their speaker into an always on listening device for someone to access.

 

( and how about leaving snarky comments about not using smart speakers out of this. such comments do not really add useful content to threads about using devices. )

 

[V.T. Eric Layton]

There are NO "smart" Internet of Feces things in this house... and never will be.