Disaster rankings of those smart home devices [Full text]

Technology Dynamics Because of technology, smart home devices gradually help users solve many problems. From automatic vacuum cleaners, smart refrigerators to voice assistants, though, there are sometimes problems with human-machine relations. Looking at foreign social media, many people complain that smart home devices have caused trouble for them.

Six failed cases were compiled here and Bojun smiled. Cases are arranged according to the grade of the disaster, starting with the Amazon Alexa.

South Park raps fans

Disaster Level: Low

You may think that South Park should be exhausted after 20 seasons. This is not the case. South Park looks as original as it used to be. Amazon Alexa and Alexa customers have done a lot of help. In the recent season 21 television broadcast, Alexa users were teased by the show.

The author of "South Park" put Alexa into her own program. Eventually, the television program confused many audiences. It also caused trouble for some people.

In a television set, the character Cartman got a smart phone and an Echo speaker. He used to say that smart devices are stupid. The purpose of using Alexa with Cartman seems to be pure. He asked Alexa to set himself an alarm clock and tell a joke. Cartman told the device: "Alexa, set the alarm clock at 7 am." Alexa responded and said: "OK, set the alarm clock to 7 am."

Soon, Cartman's instructions became a bit indecent. He told Alexa to put “male privacy parts” and other unsuitable merchandise into his shopping cart. Alexa responded: “Okay, put the male privacy part in the shopping cart.”

What really teased the TV audience was the audience. The audience found that Cartman's order on the TV actually allowed his Alexa device to activate. Not only that, many inappropriate products have also been added to the user's shopping list.

A Twitter user sent a video saying that his Alexa responded to various instructions, such as telling a TV joke that his Alexa also tells jokes, Alexa is still unwittingly modifying the TV viewers shopping list.

Happy or painful

Disaster Rating: Low to Medium

There are many ways to save data. You can use Microsoft Word to recover, or you can back up data to the cloud. However, there is a technology that is annoying: Smart TVs back up data, which is not necessary for backup at all, and it also displays this information for others to see.

He gave up a girlfriend and she went out with her friends one day. You feel smart and watch adult pictures and videos on her TV. In fact, you are not watching on her TV. You just plug the USB flash drive into the TV. You may want to find something.

Annoyingly, it was only later that a preview thumbnail of the file appeared on the television and was placed in the column “Recently played history”. He is not sure if these thumbnails will appear again. In desperation, he has to ask for help. He wrote on the Internet: "I have a little trouble. If someone can help, I really appreciate it."

He received the first suggestion and he really hoped he did not follow the advice: "Bring the TV to the ground."

Smart refrigerator brings surprise

Disaster Rating: Medium

Samsung Smart-Hub refrigerator can be said to be the latest and hottest home appliances. Samsung said that the refrigerator takes everything and if the stored food is broken, the refrigerator will remind the user that the family can shop through the refrigerator. The refrigerator can also play music, video, install a display in front, much like an iPad.

The facts tell us that this display shows a lot of things, not just recipes.

A user was in trouble. When he returned the refrigerator from the shop, he found that the refrigerator had been hacked. The Hub will display graffiti information, such as graffiti on body parts, as well as sexual information, such as: "See XX at night." Graffiti appears on the fridge's schedule as if it were part of personal life.

Where did these pictures come from? do not know. Even the smartest smart home devices have loopholes, and hackers are completely capable of invading and torturing you.

Providing sexual content

A video appeared on the Internet. The young boy in the video communicated with Alexa through Echo. He hoped that the smart assistant would play his favorite music. The song sounded like “Digger, Digger”. At that time, the young boy's parents were there. The accident happened. Alexa suddenly lost his sense.

Somehow, Alexa thought that the boy wanted pornographic content, it blurted out, and said "Pet Sexy Girl" and "artificial genitalia", and the parents heard the immediate command: "Alexa, stop and stop."

Finally, the parents laughed and the little boy was confused and wondered what had happened. This video is very hot, with more than 10 million hits.

Sweep robots fill the room with shit

Disaster Rating: Medium to High

Robotic vacuum cleaners can clean the room, which we must all know. If something vacuum cleaner should not be cleaned, it is eager to run to suck, what will happen if the vacuum cleaner is still running?

In August 2016, Jesse's puppies ran to the shit, when Jesse and his wife had gone to bed. The next morning they got up and found the house was a mess. why? The Roomba robot gets its dog all over the place.

The equipment cleaned the room at 1:30 in the morning. It ran over the shit and then ran out of the room. The head of household sent the picture to the Facebook site and described the disaster as "Pooptastrophe" (which means trouble caused by feces). The feces stuck to carpets, floors, furniture feet, and even to the children. The child was only 4 years old. At 3 o'clock in the morning, he took his dog to bed and smelled the odor. He realized that there was a problem.

The head of the household stated in the post: "In any case, do not let the Roomba robot run over the shit. If this bad thing really happens, your Roomba really stepped on the shit, immediately turned it off, do not let it clean The room, because once it is cleaned, it will be stained with shit anywhere it can go."

In the end, the story had a good ending. Roomba changed the vacuum cleaner for customers for free.

TV plays pornography at funeral

Disaster Level: High

Someone died unfortunately and everyone would attend the funeral. Everyone dressed in black and mourned the family of the deceased and recalled his deeds. There is sorrow and melancholy everywhere at funerals, and adult content is definitely not appropriate. Unfortunately, British smart TV does not think so.

Because of the accident, a man and a child left the world. Four screens were installed on the funeral site to play slides. These slides were related to the deceased. One of the devices is a smart TV, and the other three are not. You may have guessed the ending. The TV screen actually shows adult content and the other three screens do not.

The accident was a bit funny, but the deceased’s family couldn’t laugh. They contacted relevant agencies and asked them to investigate the matter. I don’t know if someone is malicious and deliberately plays adult entertainment at funerals. It may be that smart TV accidentally plays.

There are always accidents in life, and smart home devices are no exception. It is far from perfect. With the help of technology, our lives are more pleasant. These accidental accidents may be the price. (Original title: 6 Days of Smart Home Manufacturing)