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Re:Alexa suggests lethal challenge to child by mrweasel on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @03:12AM (#29711586)
Does Alexa have a child safety feature that can be enabled to prevent children from using Alexa? My point is that Alexa is a pretty intuitive to use, children won't have see observe their parents using the device more than a few times before they're able to trigger Alexa.

So either Alexa, and other digital assistants, should have a way to prevent "unauthorized" use, or we might need to consider if it's a safe device for families with small children. Perhaps simply being able to disable answers based on internet searches.

Re:Alexa suggests lethal challenge to child by vidarh on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @07:39AM (#29713185)
It now does have a way of learning to distinguish users by voice, so such a feature, if not foolproof ought to be feasible. Even just a way of indicating which users are children and taking that into account might well be helpful.