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Title is ridiculous clickbait. “Locked out of smart home” implies a lot more than “had to manually flip switches for a week”. It’s a shame, bc this is obviousl

by bbor 3y ago

Title is ridiculous clickbait. “Locked out of smart home” implies a lot more than “had to manually flip switches for a week”. It’s a shame, bc this is obviously an insane thing for Amazon to do, and worth discussing.

sb8244 3y ago
This was my immediate thought when I saw the title. Very misleading
NovemberWhiskey 3y ago
I mean, depending on the scope of what he was actually locked out of, doesn't Amazon own Ring, which could well include your video security, your alarm system and so on? That's beyond a mild inconvenience.
signal11 3y ago
He could use Siri, as he noted in his blog post[1] But the issue he raises is quite serious. Getting your Amazon account locked out isn’t funny at all, given how many services they provide. [1] https://medium.com/@bjax_/a-tale-of-unwanted-disruption-my-week-without-amazon-df1074e3818b https://medium.com/@bjax_/a-tale-of-unwanted-disruption-my-w...
constantcrying 3y ago
The (likely less obvious) thing the author meant was that the person in question was locked out of the "smart" parts of their home. But yes, the title is clearly bad and you can already see confused people in the comments here.
- kapp_in_life 3y ago
  It's likely the clickbait title was intentional. Otherwise they could have simply clarified "smart home gadgets".
Attrecomet 3y ago
Well, Amazon did try to lock him out of his smart home, and there is zero evidence that they would have cared had that meant him being homeless for a week. It just happens that he luckily was technically competent enough to have a flexible setup and know what to do with it.
porknubbins 3y ago
The degree of inconvenience to him is just a minor indicental detail that depends on how much smart stuff he happened to install. Maybe its not everything today but there anyone who doesn’t think that will increase in the future? This is a timely wake up call not to trust anything internet connected.

by bbor 3y ago

sb8244 3y ago

This was my immediate thought when I saw the title. Very misleading

NovemberWhiskey 3y ago

I mean, depending on the scope of what he was actually locked out of, doesn't Amazon own Ring, which could well include your video security, your alarm system and so on? That's beyond a mild inconvenience.

signal11 3y ago

He could use Siri, as he noted in his blog post[1] But the issue he raises is quite serious. Getting your Amazon account locked out isn’t funny at all, given how many services they provide. [1] https://medium.com/@bjax_/a-tale-of-unwanted-disruption-my-week-without-amazon-df1074e3818b https://medium.com/@bjax_/a-tale-of-unwanted-disruption-my-w...

constantcrying 3y ago

The (likely less obvious) thing the author meant was that the person in question was locked out of the "smart" parts of their home. But yes, the title is clearly bad and you can already see confused people in the comments here.

kapp_in_life 3y ago
It's likely the clickbait title was intentional. Otherwise they could have simply clarified "smart home gadgets".

Attrecomet 3y ago

Well, Amazon did try to lock him out of his smart home, and there is zero evidence that they would have cared had that meant him being homeless for a week. It just happens that he luckily was technically competent enough to have a flexible setup and know what to do with it.

porknubbins 3y ago

The degree of inconvenience to him is just a minor indicental detail that depends on how much smart stuff he happened to install. Maybe its not everything today but there anyone who doesn’t think that will increase in the future? This is a timely wake up call not to trust anything internet connected.