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Clever Hack Uses Headphones to Control Siri and Google Now Remotely

• Researchers working for the French government have found a new way to silently and remotely take control of Siri and Google Now on your smartphone. 
• This only works over short distances and requires the target to have a pair of microphone-enabled earphones plugged into their phone. 
• The hack takes advantage of the fact that a headphone cord can double up as a makeshift antenna, with hackers sending signals to the wire which are converted into audio input. The target devise then interprets these as voice commands. 
• The target phone also needs to have voice commands enabled on the lock screen in order for this hack to work. 
• The article is found here.