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Should Burger King Be Prosecuted For Their Google Home-Triggering Ads? (washingtonpost.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the firewalls-versus-Whoppers dept.

Slashdot reader Lauren Weinstein thinks Burger King should be prosecuted for successfully running an alternate version of its advertisement to trigger Google Home devices again Wednesday: Someone -- or more likely a bunch of someones -- at Burger King and their advertising agency need to be arrested, tried, and spend some time in shackles and prison cells. They've likely been violating state and federal cybercrime laws with their obnoxious ad campaign... For example, the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act broadly prohibits anyone from accessing a computer without authorization... Burger King has instantly become the 'poster child' for mass, criminal abuse of these devices... It was a direct and voluntary violation of law.

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  1. Burger King did WHAT??! by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've never heard of such a brutal and shocking injustice that I cared so little about!

    Give it to me straight... who does this affect - 4 or 5 people tops?

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  2. Why cant Google just reply with a MacDonalds plug? by gatkinso · · Score: 4, Funny

    I mean, as long as we are all being dicks, why not have the bigger dick?

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  3. Re:Someone triggered a /. dupe? by Megane · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently Burger King made a slight change to the article and resubmitted it.

    I don't really care as long as I keep getting those sheets of coupons.

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