Research Says Impersonators Can Fool Voice Recognition Systems
A team of researchers at the University of Eastern Finland say voice biometrics are vulnerable to spoofing attacks. The research warns that the vulnerability of speaker recognition systems poses significant security concerns.
Nowadays, mobile devices are increasingly equipped with applications that function with voice commands, the researchers note. The user is able to dictate messages, translate phrases and do search queries by voice only. The widespread use of electronic services has increased the demand of applications that use voice to recognize the speaker either for authentication purposes or for public safety. However, with the popularity of voice applications, their misuse may also increase.