Found hidden micro in Lidl's kitchen robot (french)(numerama.com) |
Found hidden micro in Lidl's kitchen robot (french)(numerama.com) |
critics maintain that the lack of security updates for the software [Android 2017] mean it is less protected than other devices
even though the Monsieur Cuisine Connect microphone device itself is dormant, its software could potentially be exploited and used to activate the microphone remotely, thereby giving hackers a recording line into people’s homes"
https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/Smart-Monsieur-C...
They probably thought "Let's put a mic in, it costs nothing, we'll add speech recognition later when it's ready."