This morning, while reading an article in The New York Times on my Amazon Kindle Fire about new devices Amazon was releasing, I said to my wife: “There is an announcement of new Alexa hardware.” My Kindle then spoke: “What do you want me to announce?” to which I replied “Nothing, Alexa, Cancel,” which was followed by my voice from the Kindle saying “Nothing, Alexa, Cancel.”
This afternoon, I was eating lunch in the kitchen when our female Jack Russell mix started to make noises to tell me it was time, in her opinion, for me to feed her even though I was in the middle of my own lunch. I picked up my iPhone to heed her request and said “You’re a whiny little bitch” to which Siri replied “I don’t know how to respond to that.”
So, beware. Alexa and Siri are always listening. Sigh.
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