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TOMxEU
February 18th, 2007, 12:34 PM
Computer, Initiate Self Destruct Sequence! (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vista-Speech-Recognition-Vulnerability-Video-Demonstration-47385.shtml) (Star Trek ala no keyboards comming soon) http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

How this could be abused: a user will move away from a computer, ICQ will changes status to N/A, javascript will launch a webpage, an audio file will played (AV has no reason to stop this).

I myself, do not consider this as a vulnerability, but as the proof, how easy can be computer fully maintained with a voice, not just for fun, but by people, who can not move very well.