App could keep hackers from stealing your voice

An article on Futurity reports that a team of UB engineers has created an app that stops voice hacking of voice-based smartphone apps, and quotes Kui Ren, professor of computer science and engineering and director of the Ubiquitous Security and Privacy Research Lab.

“Every aspect of your life is now on your phone,” he said. "That is your security hub. It is really critical now. Hackers are out there, more than you can imagine. There is a whole underground grey market to sell your password and your personal information."

Read the Futurity story here.

Articles also appeared on Innovation Toronto, Yahoo India, England’s Engineering and Technology Magazine, Zee News and Biometric Update, World Economic Forum, England’s The Register, Long Room and Artificial Intelligence Online.