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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 17:10:14 JST Aral Balkan

   Today I learned that the alarm system that came with our house – a very popular one here in Ireland – can be disarmed via Siri.

   The default command?

   “Hey, Siri, disarm.”

   I shit you not.

   #security #smartHome #youGottaBeFuckingKiddingMe #siri #openSesame

   • Rob Hooft (rwwh@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 19:58:23 JST Rob Hooft

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     @aral Siri can be trained to recognize your voice. And in some security cases it asks to unlock your phone.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 19:58:23 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Rob Hooft

     @rwwh In my experience that feature is far from foolproof currently and the kind of person who is going to use that default without thinking is going to be the last one to turn on voice recognition. Finally, HomePods are always on.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 19:59:16 JST Aral Balkan

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     • HarriettMB

     @HarriettMB Yeah, you can. (And I did, of course.)

   • HarriettMB (harriettmb@beige.party)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 19:59:17 JST HarriettMB

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     @aral Can you change the disarm code, or better still, change the alarm? Tbh, I wouldn’t have Siri, Alexa or any such device about the place at all.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 23-Feb-2025 04:33:02 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Ana Tudor 🐯

     @anatudor Got one of those too :) Not much of a guard dog, though. Ours would show the thief where the fridge is and ask to be fed.

   • Ana Tudor 🐯 (anatudor@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Feb-2025 04:33:03 JST Ana Tudor 🐯

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     @aral More trustworthy (and cuter) alarm system: 🐺