Is My Phone Spying On Me?

3 May 2018
Department of Computer Science, Department of Information Systems & Analytics, News Media

NUS Computing Senior IT Architect and tech blogger Lai Zit Seng shared his views on voice recognition assistants in smartphones on Mediacorp Channel 5's Talking Point episode on the dangers of smartphones listening in and recording our daily conversations.

Talking Point, 3 May 2018

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