Omg we just got Alexa

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Tell me what fun things she does

This is freaky!

Shriek, I'm just quoting what amazon said and I would say ask rather than order. But if you have this problem with it amonsnt others, then you have this problem too.

And best before I'll take the risk. They'd be bored shitless within five mins, 🤣.

bluntness my comment was based on evidence of 'Alexa' being abused quite widely, hence the use of the word ordered, or told, yes, asked questions of, but generally an entity there to serve, funny its a female.

As for Amazon, they have a vested interest and are hiding behind legalities in a situation that makes it farcical really. No respect for this, its outrageous tbh.

Didn't understand then you have this problem too ? Or And best before I'll take the risk. They'd be bored shitless within five mins

Ooh mine comes tomorrow....

This is the best thread! We have an echo dot and we have just been reading this thread and playing with her. Thank you all, it's been hilarious!!

There was a 6 year old girl in Dallas, America, last year who inadvertently bought a dolls house on Amazon last year. She was playing with her toys and said “Alexa, I would like a dolls house please”.

A few days later the £130 house duly arrived must have to the shock of her parents.

Anyway, a news reporter picked up on the story and was relaying it to the viewers. She finished by saying how funny it was that the girl said “Alexa I want a dolls house”. This resulted in a flood of complaints as many houses then had dolls houses delivered as their own Alexas heard their name and did as requested! 😂😂

I think that's a bit of a urban myth, you have to confirm voice purchasing and interact over it. So it's not possible.

I can’t purchase directly on mine. She puts it in my trolley at my request and then I have to go on to my Amazon app to confirm purchase so I can’t see how the dolls house thing happened really.

I did read it on several news sites, just shows you can’t believe anything any more!

However, it is funny anyway even if it isn’t true!

It can't be true. It's just not possible, it doesn't work like that.

I'm quite surprised at rhe nonsense people post, like it secretly records all your conversations and keeps transcripts, starts chatting to you without being woken, remembers things you talked about when its secretly recording you then tries to get you to buy it, doesn't have the songs you want from the millions available, buys stuff without you knowing, can hear you throughout the house, let's you drop in on people without them knowing and let's you secretly listen to them, allows the government, hackers, amazon secretly monitor your conversations at home...it's really not that advanced and some of the suggestions are simply off the wall bonkers.

Even though smart phones and computers are way more advanced, apparently a twenty quid smart speaker is the devils work.

Well, Bluntness, you don't actually know how it works after saying that though, do you?
It doesn't work, for a start, on recording 'whole convos'. It does track, and for that reason significant data is available to assist in this murder enquiry; it is aware of who's doing what, when ppl come home, what part of the house they are in and so on.

To be honest I think many are really quite naive about data.

'Her', 'she'?!?!

Its about as farcical as calling strangers friends on farcebook

How can it know what part of the house someone is in? Unless they have one in every room. Which we don't .

And it's a computer it is not 'aware' of anything.

How can it know what part of the house someone is in? Unless they have one in every room. Which we don't .

Exactly. They don’t have “eyes” you know!

I just asked mine “who is at home?” ... it told me the name of the town I am in. I asked “who is in the house?”... it spotted off some stuff about the House of Representatives. I asked “where is [name do DS]”....it said “Hmm I don’t know”. “Who am I” gets “I’m not sure who’s speaking but you’re in BuggerOffs account”.

It REALLY doesn’t monitor our movements..... 😂

You'd have to ask the experts how its done, but don't take the piss or expect it to tell you that info, its exactly the data that the investigators are after because of location of IP addresses on devices I can only assume, so no, not stupid 'eyes'. It doesn't need eyes really does it, however, its a known that devices also do record through cameras

Amazon Dot and Echo don’t have cameras though!

Honestly how in hells name does it know I got home at 3pm followed by DS at 3.40. The echo is in the kitchen and the dot is in the living room. I didn’t even go into either of those rooms until 4pm and the first time I spoke in one of those rooms was when DH came home at 5 and asked what was for dinner.... OMG Alexa now knows we are having lasagne for tea 😱

This is getting nuttier by the moment,

Anything else it knows shriek? 🤣

Noone said they did. Read it, it didn't say that

Now you'r just goading bluntness

Well obviously it’s not going to tell you if you ask it directly bugger. They’ll have programme done it to deny all knowledge of where exactly you are in the house so it doesn’t give them away.

Oh haha
It has data on IP addresses which is what the police are after

Shriek do you have a link to an article about this case? Because I can't understand what you're saying.

No...not seen it, but will have a look for you

I do hope there will be enough tinfoil for me to wrap my turkey in once all the conspiracy theorists have finished making their little hats. 😂

Shriek
Is this the article you meant?
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/amazon-alexa-guard-safe-alarm-house-echo-new-latest-update-a8548006.html

It outlines Alexa doing similar things to what you are talking about Shriek