Mishearing something every once in a while is a normal thing for humans. In that respect, Amazon Echo has some human characteristics as well. A research team from the University of Illinois has taken a closer look at Echo, Alexa and the abuse potential for malicious Alexa skills. They have presented their findings at the Usenix conference.
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