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How to keep Alexa from buying a dollhouse without your OK
You might need to shield more than just your child's ears from the news sometimes. Your Alexa device, which reacts to vocal commands, could be listening as well.
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I was talking to my wife about this post and said the word "Alexa" and "buy it" and Alexa bought a previous music selection that I had asked her to play this morning. Of course this wasn't the song I wanted her to play I wanted the original He^rt by Starcadian which was already in my library. Damn ye Alexa! EDIT: I forgot to add this. You can turn off voice purchasing in the Alexa app if you have it loaded on your phone. Or you can add a 4 digit voice pin which would allow you to have to say the pin to confirm the purchase. I did not have this set up because, well I didn't think that she would string a set of words together so easily. Half the time I ask Alexa to do something she fumbles about.
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