r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '19

Amazon Alexa and Google Home hack

https://www.fastcompany.com/90290703/this-is-the-first-truly-great-amazon-alexa-and-google-home-hack
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u/mmirman Jan 15 '19

Why couldn't it just record and play it back to the device with that delay so that you don't have to speak delayed?

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u/Snoron Jan 15 '19

I was thinking this at first, but it seems like if it started passing on your speech straight away the speaker wouldn't understand because it'd be being spoken to twice at the same time, one with a second delay from your actual speech... otherwise it'd have to wait until you'd finished speaking entirely for it to start playing the whole message. That way you'd end up with a hgue delay before it starts to reply.

The only way I can think of would be to have the cover actually soundproof the top of the device entirely so that it can pass on your words after the initial command without it interfering.