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I struggle with the smartness of the smart home[1].
We're supposed to have dreamed of the day when we could talk to machines and tell them to do things that we can't be bothered with anymore.
Alexa, turn the lights on.
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OK Google, draw the drapes.
Hey, Siri, I'm going to speak slowly and in single syllables. Purl-ay the Bee-tuls.
Then there's the pure neurotic delight of being able to unlock our phones and stare at the nothing that's going on in the house right now, thanks to our wonderful Nest cameras[4].
Oh, look. The cat's asleep. The clock on the microwave is showing the right time.
And now Amazon[5] has offered a story of such stultifying error-laden comedy that it managed to turn high tragedy into pure farce.
The tale[6] was of a Portland, Oregon woman called Danielle who suddenly discovered that her domestic conversations with her husband had been recorded by her Amazon Echo[7] and sent to one of his employees. Who must have been as riveted as Danielle and her husband were appalled.
Amazon's explanation was guffaw-worthy.