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Burger King Won't Take a Hint; Alters TV Ad To Evade Google's Block (washingtonpost.com)
ewhac writes: Earlier this week, Burger King released a broadcast television ad that opened with an actor saying, "Ok, Google, what is the Whopper?" thereby triggering any Google Home device in hearing range to respond to the injected request with the first line from the Whopper's Wikipedia page. Google very properly responded to the injection attack by fingerprinting the sound sample and blocking it from triggering responses. However, it seems Burger King and/or its ad agency are either unwilling or congenitally incapable of getting the hint, and has released an altered version of the ad to evade Google's block. According to spokesperson Dara Schopp, BK regards the ad as a success, as it has increased the brand's "social conversation" on Twitter by some 300%. It seems that Burger King thinks that malware-laden advertising infesting webpages is a perfectly wonderful idea (in principle, at least), and has taken it to the next level by reaching through your TV speakers and directly messing with your digital devices. You may wish to consider alternate vendors for your burger needs.
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https://www.xkcd.com/1807/
>Sometimes a real dick will perform a much needed public service.
A real dick will, yes, but generally not as a "public" service. Plus, have you ever seen the old Burger King mascot? If that thing has a dick, it would give you nightmares for decades.
Amazons Alexa for example has a choice of three words, the alternatives are probably more common in use than Alexa.
I'm thinking: "I", and "am", and "Groot" - exclusively in that order.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
My wife had to completely disable Siri on her iPhone because, for whatever reason, turning off the voice activation option only actually turned it off when on battery power. Siri, being the egotistical bitch she is, had the habit of interpreting my wife saying "seriously" as her call to action.
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.
Obligatory XKCD:
https://xkcd.com/327/
That will teach you not to sanitize your purchasing inputs. :)
~ People that think they are better than anyone else for any reason are the cause of all the strife in the world.
Surely, you mean this one:
https://www.xkcd.com/1807/