Man locked out of smart home for a week after he was accused of being racist
Man locked out of smart home for a week after he was accused of being racist
"I am seriously considering discontinuing my use of Amazon Echo devices and will caution others about this incident."
It's absurd that getting all his property locked down by corporate whim wasn't enough for him to just stop using amazon's data harvesting automation 'tools'.
Reminds me of the Mr.Robot episode where Darlene hacks Madam Executioner's smart house. At the time I didnt think it was plausible because I doubted anyone would have an entire smart house package that controls everything from the doors to the thermostat. Looks like I was wrong.
Why couldn't he just make a new account?
I think the company taking unilateral action to remove access to purchased equipment is the real issue, not how to find work arounds.
I could understand them saying we won't deliver to you until we've investigated.