Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

What's stopping people from accidentally ordering things with this thing? Could I go into somebody's house that has one of these devices setup and say "Alexa, order some breast clamps" ?



Yes. Yes you can. Hilarity ensues.

The "security" is the you have to trust the people you invite into your house.

It's not great security. :)

(ok, that's not entirely true. as far as I can tell, you can only reorder things they've already bought via the website)


Make a webpage that automatically starts playing an audio clip of someone saying those things, trick people into visiting the page and hope their laptop isn't muted.


You can add a PIN code to the voice purchasing process.

http://www.howtogeek.com/237386/how-to-enable-disable-and-pi...




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: