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Time to lock down your Alexa. Anyone can order up!

Apr 26, 2017 11:45AM PDT

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Alexa...
Apr 27, 2017 9:43AM PDT

What I hate is when I am talking "about" Alexa and she starts listening in when she hears her name.

You then have to act like she's a kid and say "Well, I heard A-L-E-X-A/"that thing"/etc" instead of calling her by name Happy

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Next time, order the creamed corn.
Apr 27, 2017 9:47AM PDT

This will have them fix that by the next time you visit.

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use pin number
Apr 28, 2017 8:07PM PDT

you can use a pin number to keep others from ordering. however, make sure nobody is around when you use it Happy

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I thought about the PIN number
Apr 29, 2017 8:22AM PDT

But as you noted all it takes is for you to use it once with folk around and game over.

I decided to err for security and turned off ordering.

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I have ordered using the echo
Apr 29, 2017 1:17PM PDT

this is where voice recognition would help and be more secure.