Backends that let developers create custom apps are exposing Alexa and Google Home devices to eavesdropping and phishing attacks, security researchers have discovered. The findings suggest that the backends could let hackers take advantage of how smart devices take in and reply to commands. Google and Amazon responded to the SRLabs report in emails to ZDNet, saying they had been made aware of the findings and would put additional mechanisms in place to prevent these issues from occurring in the future The same character sequence could be used to continue listening and record what users say, even after they’ve finished giving a command.”]