Amazon locks smart home access due to a woke offence which never actually occurred.

[YippeeKiYoRed]

According to the article, a delivery person claimed to have heard a racist remark from a smart door camera. Amazon proceeded to lock the home owner's Amazon account without warning nor an investigation whether the allegations were true. Since the person had a smart home, i.o.w. a number of connected smart devices, his home pretty much shutdown.

Amazon locks smart home access due to alleged racism.

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[ilikegunspdx]

Apparently turning over control of your home to a major corporation with AI technology and zero accountability is not "smart".

"Just trust in big brother Amazon and we will make your life easier"...

 

[TTSX]

A perfect example of why this is bad technology

 

[JeremyK]

I blame the homeowner for having all that $hit to begin with.

 

[titsonritz]

I blame the homeowner for having all that $hit to begin with.

Exactly. And to top it off he obviously hasn't learned his lesson and is "considering" getting rid of it. The 'tard gets what he has coming.

 

[YippeeKiYoRed]

Looks like this might be a duplicate. Same story but different source?

https://www.northwestfirearms.com/threads/alexa-is-not-your-friend.452152/

Admins, please pull this thread at your convenience.

 

[Flopsweat]

Looks like this might be a duplicate. Same story but different source?

https://www.northwestfirearms.com/threads/alexa-is-not-your-friend.452152/

Admins, please pull this thread at your convenience.

They can merge them instead if you like.

@Moderators, we've got a duplicate thread here.

Amazon locks smart home access due to a woke offence which never actually occurred.

According to the article, a delivery person claimed to have heard a racist remark from a smart door camera. Amazon proceeded to lock the home owner's Amazon account without warning nor an investigation whether the allegations were true. Since the person had a smart home, i.o.w. a number of...

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Alexa Is Not Your Friend

An Amazon driver accused a customer of making racist remarks, and Amazon locked their account without speaking with them. All of their smart devices stopped working when they lost connection to Amazon. Video...

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[YippeeKiYoRed]

Thanks @Flopsweat. Wasn't sure how to get the moderator's attention.

 

[Hemlock]

That would suck not being able to get into your frig for a beer!

 

[Jerry]

If you are stupid enough to involve yourself in this technology.........

I guess that a trip to the Amazon sensitivity training center is next?