{“lastseen”:”2025-12-02T18:05:12″,”description”:”_This week on the Lock and Code podcast_ \u2026\\n\\nIt’s often said online that if a product is free, you’re the product, but what if that bargain was no longer true? What if, depending on the device you paid hard-earned money for, you _still_ became a product yourself, to be measured, anonymized, collated, shared, or sold, often away from view? \\n\\nIn 2024, a consumer rights group out of the UK teased this new reality when it published research into whether people’s air fryers\u2014seriously\u2013might be spying on them. \\n\\nBy analyzing the associated Android apps for three separate air fryer models from three different companies, researchers learned that these kitchen devices didn\u2019t just promise to make crispier mozzarella sticks, crunchier chicken wings, and flakier reheated pastries\u2014they also wanted a lot of user data, from precise location to voice recordings from a user\u2019s phone.\\n\\nAs the researchers wrote:\\n\\n\\u003e \u201cIn the air fryer category, as well as knowing customers\u2019 precise location, all three products wanted permission to record audio on the user\u2019s phone, for no specified reason.\\”\\n\\nBizarrely, these types of data requests are far from rare. \\n\\nToday, on the Lock and Code podcast, we revisit a 2024 episode in which host David Ruiz tells three separate stories about consumer devices that somewhat invisibly collected user data and then spread it in unexpected ways. This includes kitchen utilities that sent data to China, a smart ring maker that published de-identified, aggregate data about the stress levels of its users, and a smart vacuum that recorded a sensitive image of a woman that was later shared on Facebook.\\n\\nThese stories aren\u2019t about mass government surveillance, and they\u2019re not about spying, or the targeting of political dissidents. Their intrigue is elsewhere, in how common it is for what we say, where we go, and how we feel, to be collected and analyzed in ways we never anticipated.\\n\\nTune in today to listen to the full conversation.\\n\\n_Show notes and credits:_ \\n \\nIntro Music: \u201cSpellbound\u201d by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) \\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License \\nhttp:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/ \\nOutro Music: \u201cGood God\u201d by Wowa (unminus.com)\\n\\n* * *\\n\\n**Listen up\u2014Malwarebytes doesn\u2019t just talk cybersecurity, we provide it.**\\n\\nProtect yourself from online attacks that threaten your identity, your files, your system, and your financial well-being with our exclusive offer for Malwarebytes Premium Security for Lock and Code listeners.”,”published”:”2025-12-02T16:22:00″,”modified”:”2025-12-02T16:22:00″,”type”:”malwarebytes”,”title”:”Air fryer app caught asking for voice data (re-air) (Lock and Code S06E24)”,”source”:””,”references”:””,”id”:”MALWAREBYTES:8D4E67BE96EF65345D87B66C04461CAB”,”bulletinFamily”:”blog”,”cwe”:null,”cvelist”:[],”sourceData”:””,”sourceHref”:””,”cvss”:{“score”:0,”severity”:”NONE”,”vector”:”NONE”,”version”:”NONE”},”cvss2″:{},”cvss3″:{“version”:””,”vectorString”:””,”baseScore”:0,”baseSeverity”:””,”attackVector”:””,”attackComplexity”:””,”privilegesRequired”:””,”userInteraction”:””,”scope”:””,”confidentialityImpact”:””,”integrityImpact”:””,”availabilityImpact”:””,”cvssV3″:{“version”:””,”vectorString”:””,”baseScore”:0,”baseSeverity”:””,”attackVector”:””,”attackComplexity”:””,”privilegesRequired”:””,”userInteraction”:””,”scope”:””,”confidentialityImpact”:””,”integrityImpact”:””,”availabilityImpact”:””}},”href”:”https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/blog\/podcast\/2025\/12\/air-fryer-app-caught-asking-for-voice-data-re-air-lock-and-code-s06e24″,”category_name”:”News”,”post_link”:””,”product”:””,”version”:””,”vendor”:””,”ai_description”:””,”ai_severity”:””,”ai_vendor”:””,”ai_product”:””,”ai_version”:””,”ai_score”:0}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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