Engineers Hack Voice Recognition with PVC
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Automatic speaker identification has gained popularity in security applications due to its proficiency in detecting and countering fraudulent attempts to mimic a user\\u2019s voice through digital manipulation.\\xa0
However, digital security engineers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison discovered that these systems have a weakness when facing a novel analog attack. According to the team, speaking through customized PVC pipes can fool machine learning algorithms supporting automatic speaker identification systems.
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