right i use vista, and i use the SR. i turn off the SR when im not using it, so for any 'program' to 'hijack' it they'd first have to turn it on, tell it to start listening, and then somehow mimic my voice commands.
the vista voice recognition isn't bad, but the first time you say somthing, it doesnt have a clue. you have to teach it a bit first, then it'll actually get it right. if some hacker were to try this, they'd just get the little yellow icon with the 'what was that?' next to it.
the only reason this exploit made news is because its of the (very few peices) of new tech in vista. im pretty sure there's going to be a ton of other, more legacy types of security holes that will pop up soon.
btw the indexed search is really really good. i have all my important rss feeds in outlook, and by simply hitting the start key and typing, it searches not only all my files, but everything in outlook as well. very handy.
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right i use vista, and i use the SR. i turn off the SR when im not using it, so for any 'program' to 'hijack' it they'd first have to turn it on, tell it to start listening, and then somehow mimic my voice commands.
the vista voice recognition isn't bad, but the first time you say somthing, it doesnt have a clue. you have to teach it a bit first, then it'll actually get it right. if some hacker were to try this, they'd just get the little yellow icon with the 'what was that?' next to it.
the only reason this exploit made news is because its of the (very few peices) of new tech in vista. im pretty sure there's going to be a ton of other, more legacy types of security holes that will pop up soon.
btw the indexed search is really really good. i have all my important rss feeds in outlook, and by simply hitting the start key and typing, it searches not only all my files, but everything in outlook as well. very handy.