EFF Seeks Right to Jailbreak Alexa, Voice Assistants

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has petitioned the U.S. Copyright Office for a DMCA exemption to permit owners and security researchers to "jailbreak" voice assistants (e.g., Amazon Echo, Google Home) and a broad class of portable mobile computing devices, arguing this will enable vulnerability research, privacy oversight, and right-to-repair; the article outlines the rationale, prior DMCA exemptions, and concerns about always-on microphones and device telemetry but does not describe any specific cyberattack, exploit, or compromise.