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Rooting the Amazon Echo Dot

by ProZsolt on 7/22/23, 9:26 PM with 10 comments

• by vongomben on 7/23/23, 10:31 AM

  I wonder how easy and reliable is to run open source voice assistants on it.

• by latchkey on 7/23/23, 3:18 AM

  > "For most customers, the existence of this rooting solution should not be a big issue. It would take considerable technical knowledge and physical access for a moderate period of time for an attacker to be able to carry out this attack."

  Is this glossing over the concept of replacing an existing unit with a rooted unit? Enemy realizes you have one of these in your house. They break into your house while you're gone and replace your existing one with their hacked one.

  Edit to clarify: It sounds like the responses to my comment are missing what I'm focused on. My point isn't about the feasibility or sanity of such the idea that I gave as an example. My point is about the OP skipping over other possibilities as a justification for their action.