Amazon "Alexa" celebrates its own party: owner must pay
Attention attention ? Alexa alone at home! While her 29-year-old owner was celebrating on the Hamburger Reeperbahn, should speech computer Amazon Echo? called "Alexa"? actually keep quiet and obedient the apartment. But why sit stupidly home when others throw a party? The speaker lady celebrated her own fete!
Small box, big sounds
According to the police report, the phone call arrived at the control center shortly before 2:00 am: Loud music had been deafening from an apartment in an apartment building for several hours, neighbors complained. Disturbing the peace? for the officials pure routine. But all ringing and knocking was unsuccessful. So the cops got a locksmith to come in and he opened the front door by force. And, surprise: no party company was investigators over there, no Schnapsleiche? but a little black jukebox.
For owner Oliver Haberstroh a clear breach of trust in the relationship with the innocent language box. After all, his party also found an ugly end? when he did not come to his apartment anymore. "I was then able to receive the new keys at the police station, where I was allowed to go by taxi in the morning", writes Haberstroh on Facebook.
Why why why ? only Alexa knows that
Which mood of mind Alexa has prompted her spontaneous Fete remains unclear. "Why and how the box went into service could not be clarified on the spot," the police said. And the Amazon customer service also provided little enlightening, writes owner Haberstroh: The staff would have just asked him if someone could have remotely controlled the device through an open window. "I considered this option extremely questionable, since my apartment is on the 6th floor and my window was not on tilt." The customer review has been automatically translated from German.
Haberstroh must now probably bear the cost of police and locksmiths. However, he would rather say goodbye to Alexa, he writes in his article directed at Amazon. The voice box itself is silent about the allegations by the way. When asked by Alexa lapidary: "Unfortunately, I have not found an answer to the question."
