Cops raid German bloke’s house after his Alexa music device ‘held a party on its own’
AMAZON GRACE Cops raid German bloke’s house after his
Alexa music device ‘held a party on its own’ while he was out
Oliver Haberstroh's door was broken down by irate cops
after flat after neighbours complained about deafening music blasting from
inside
By Jacob Dirnhuber 8th November 2017, 8:18 pm Updated:
9th November 2017, 12:23 am
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.
Alexa is an "intelligent personal assistant"
that can be installed on Amazon Echo smart speakers, which allows owners to
play music and control the lighting and thermostat by voice command.
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