A pair of hackers found that a vape detector often found in high school bathrooms contained microphones—and security weaknesses that could allow someone to turn it into a secret listening device.
Schools around the country will disable the keyword functionality very soon. It’s useless in such an environment. Kids can and will say “help 911” every time they leave the bathroom simply “for the lulz”. And there’s no video so they can’t be caught doing it unless you station someone right outside to catch them, rendering the feature useless.
Malicious actors are the most difficult design requirement for any system.
Schools around the country will disable the keyword functionality very soon. It’s useless in such an environment. Kids can and will say “help 911” every time they leave the bathroom simply “for the lulz”. And there’s no video so they can’t be caught doing it unless you station someone right outside to catch them, rendering the feature useless. Malicious actors are the most difficult design requirement for any system.
You talk like those fire alarm levers don’t exist.
That’s a very binary mechanism with little excuse for pulling. And there are typically cameras nowadays. No cameras in the bathroom.