Posted on 05/29/2021 3:57:18 PM PDT by algore
Beneath the mild-mannered facade of a regular, everyday voice assistant, Alexa has an alter-ego -- a crime-fighter, you could say -- that can be summoned with the flip of a toggle found deep within your Amazon Echo Show's device settings.
The setting is called Home Monitoring and it can transform your otherwise milquetoast smart display into a bad-guy halting security camera. (Bad guys not included.)
Okay, so Home Monitoring may not be the stuff of superhero origin stories, but it's still pretty nifty as long as you don't need a lot of advanced security camera features.
It doesn't record video and you can only put it where you'd otherwise put a smart display (so, no mounting to the ceiling, unless you're actually Spiderman). But still, it's usefull for checking in on things, like kids, pets or your house while you're away.
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I wish someone could pound that into the brains of Leftists, but that is a lost cause.
Ya gotta have a brain to begin with.
Yeah, you’d have to be crazy to give Amazon this type of access to your home.
It is breathtaking. But...people do.
Who knew there was a camera in that spy device?
Like it was never spying on you.....
I actually like the idea of being able to turn off your elderly parents stove remotely thousands of miles away. I believe that probably relieves people more then anything. So many old people forget to turn off the stove. This allows the kids too.
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