What You Need to Know About Voice Hacking

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What Is a Voice Hack?
This kind of breach involves collecting a sample or audio recording of your voice that can be used for speech and voice recognition. In the past, this may not have been such an issue, but, today, more security teams are relying on voice recognition as a common form of authentication.

For example, a bank may require you to speak a special password, out loud, to verify your identity. One of the biggest benefits of using this form of personal identification is to boost productivity and efficiency. Customers can quickly confirm their identity to reps, while those reps can just as easily establish the trust they need to provide access accounts, sensitive data and more.
there are a growing number of voice dictation and command tools that require you to speak, as well.

This includes a spectrum of bots, from AI and assistants like Siri, Alexa and Google to apps like WeChat, Facebook and more. Not only do they listen to your voice, they often record your tone and phrases and store that data in the cloud for reference later.

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