Posted on 12/17/2018 7:07:30 AM PST by bgill
A parrot that was kicked out of an animal sanctuary for swearing too much is in trouble again, but this time, for a different reason. Rocco the African grey parrot who was removed from a National Animal Welfare Trust sanctuary in the United Kingdom enjoys chatting with Alexa on his owners Amazon Echo so much so that he keeps using it to order things. According to the Sun, Rocco has ordered strawberries, watermelon, raisins, broccoli and ice cream, as well as a kite, kettle and light bulbs... Wischnewski said Rocco also uses Alexa to play music, with rock his preferred genre. And he loves a boogie with Alexa. But it has to be something fast, like his favourite Kings of Leon, she said.
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I have noticed that while playing a movie through my iPad on the tv sometimes the dialogue triggers a “hey Siri”
When she got home, she removed the cover over the cage.
The parrot squawked "Awk, Awk, New Madam."
Thinking that wasn't so bad, she decided to try keeping it for a while. Later that afternoon her two daughters arrived home from high school.
The parrott saw them enter the room, and squawked "Awk, Awk! New girls.
Thinking that was still acceptable, she started making dinner for the family. A short time later, her husband arrived home from work. He opened the door, and the parrot aquawked even louder
"Awk, Awk! Hello Frank!"
Oops!
“I work in cybersecurity, mostly as an auditor and penetration tester. I will not allow any Alexa / Echo or other listening device in my house - period.”
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While I was working as a Customer Service Rep, and not ever having been in any Tech position, I would still tell folks I knew that I wouldn’t have anything in my house or car that could listen to me.
It is just staggering how people in general believe that nothing that they can, or watch will be known by the government unless they want the government to know about it.
I tell folks, “if it can hear you, it can spy on you.”
Still, cannot get the folks to accept that as a possibility.
Sigh.
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