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What? I'd be willing to bet the T&Cs have a section along the lines of "Amazon is not liable for accidental purchases made by the user, minors, exceptionally realistic sounding parrots, or other unauthorized persons that are in the presence of the device with the permission of the owner."

In other words, when you stick an automated device in your home and give it permission to spend your money, you should probably exercise a bit of caution operating it. In the same way, credit card companies are not charged with fraud when little Timmy uses his Mother's Visa card to buy a few hundredweight of gobstoppers...




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