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The Amazon Echo system which does everything from getting your weather report to ordering more laundry detergent can also do some things you don't want it to.
[...] Which is exactly what happened today during CW6 in the morning when Jim Patton and Lynda Martin were talking about a child who accidentally bought a dollhouse and four pounds of cookies
"I love the little girl, saying 'Alexa ordered me a dollhouse,'" said Patton.
As soon as Patton said that, viewers all over San Diego started complaining their echo devices had tried to order doll houses. It's a common problem experts say can be avoided.
[...] Cobb says the Federal Trade Commission is already looking into voice-command devices and toys to make sure the technology is safe and secure. For now, he recommends do your research to keep your personal information controlled and protected.
Source: News anchor sets off Alexa devices around San Diego ordering unwanted dollhouses
(Score: 2) by theluggage on Saturday January 07 2017, @01:30PM
viewers all over San Diego started complaining their echo devices had tried to order doll houses
Fools! At the dawn of the millennium, did not the Devil send us His evil spawn, Clippy, to forewarn us of such folly?
Hi. You appear to be trying to order a Doll House. Do you mean Ken & Barbie's Dream House, Ken & Barbie's Beach House, Barbie's Other House... (33 other Barbie branded products, 138 other Doll Houses available from Amazon marketplace....) an audio recording of "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen or the DVD box set of "Dollhouse - the complete series"? Or would you rather walk the whole 10m to your laptop and sort this out in half the time...?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 07 2017, @04:43PM
Don't forget those stupid buttons that Amazon is selling because it's too much work to log into Amazon and order replacement detergent. I can only imagine what happens if the device falls into the hands of a 2 year old because it fell off the drier.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 08 2017, @06:18PM
I believe those buttons will only order one item at a time, that is if you press them again it won't place any further orders if one is on its way. So, most likely you'll just get one extra item you may not need at moment.
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Saturday January 07 2017, @06:12PM
I thought the Dollhouse series was actually pretty good.
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