geoff@iconia.com
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 17:17:44 -1000
Oliver Haberstroh's door was broken down by irate cops after flat after neighbours complained about deafening music blasting from inside* https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4873155/cops-raid-german-blokes-house-after-his-alexa-music-device-held-a-party-on-its-own-while-he-was-out/
A German man has been left with a huge bill after his Amazon Echo tried to organise a house party while he was away.
Hamburg cops were forced to break into Oliver Haberstroh's flat after
neighbours complained about deafening music blasting from inside -- but
found the apartment empty after searching each room for someone to tell off.
Mr Haberstroh claims he walked out of his flat to meet friend on Friday
night after checking that the lights and music were switched off. He wrote
on Facebook: "While I was relaxed and enjoying a beer, Alexa managed on her
own, without command and without me using my mobile phone, to switch on at
full volume and have her own party in my apartment" "She decided to have it
at a very inconvenient time, between 1.50am and 3.00am. My neighbours called
the police."
After knocking on the door, the officers called an expert to break the lock
open - and refused to hand over keys for the replacement until they'd been
paid for the locksmith. A police spokesman said the source of the noise was
"a black jukebox which is usually activated by voice control".
It comes just weeks after a mischievous parrot used Alexa to order itself a set of ten gift boxes while the owner was away. [...]