Smart speakers pose threat to particular group of people | Tech News [Video]

Cybersecurity experts have warned high-profile people not to keep smart speakers in their home – because it can leave them vulnerable to attack.

Devices such as the Amazon Echo and Google Nest have become increasingly popular in recent years, allowing users to control their home through simple voice commands.

This means the microphone is always on, ready to pick up speech.

Sadie Creese, professor of cybersecurity at Oxford University, warned earlier this year that smart speakers enable hackers to gain valuable information about them, their family and how they live their lives, leaving them vulnerable to attack.

Speaking to MPs on the science and technology select committee, Professor Creese said: ‘If you are person in a significant leadership position, where a threat might have an interest in targeting you to coerce you into doing something, or threaten you so that you would do something that could harm your organisation or your family, anything – any …