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RPI's Hendler Considers Reported CIA Hacking

Prof. Hendler
RPI
Prof. Hendler

When you are talking to Siri, is Siri talking to the CIA? And when you are finished watching your smart TV, is that TV watching you? Those questions are being raised by Wikileaks, which alleges that the CIA is tapping into everyday technology to snoop into our private lives. Jim Hendler, the director of the Institute for Data Exploration and Applications at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, says those high-tech gadgets are equipped with two-way technology that can reduce our privacy.

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