<story><title>Property managers bring in Alexa to manage tenants</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-plan-to-move-in-to-your-next-apartment-before-you-do-11559361605</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>steve-benjamins</author><text>My wife works in a woman&amp;#x27;s shelter and Alexa &amp;#x2F; smart home devices is a common way women in abusive relationships are harassed and monitored...&lt;p&gt;Edit for clarity: Even if a woman has a restraining order against the abuser, the abuser will turn on music in the middle of the night, mess with the lights, turn the thermostat down etc. If the woman still lives with the abuser, smart devices (not necessarily Alexa) are used to monitoring comings and goings.&lt;p&gt;One person often sets up the devices and the other person has no understanding of how to turn these things off. Even more often: the harassed woman doesn&amp;#x27;t even realize what&amp;#x27;s happening is due to the man controlling smart devices— the harassed is &amp;quot;gaslighted&amp;quot; and thinks they&amp;#x27;re going crazy (&amp;quot;why does the temperature keep PLUMMETING?&amp;quot;).</text></comment>
<story><title>Property managers bring in Alexa to manage tenants</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-plan-to-move-in-to-your-next-apartment-before-you-do-11559361605</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bilbo0s</author><text>Have I just become a curmudgeonly old man yelling at kids to stay off my lawn? I mean I don&amp;#x27;t feel old and out of touch, but something is off?&lt;p&gt;Is everyone else really out there demanding these types of services and technologies be installed in their homes as a prerequisite to even living there?&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#x27;re one of the people who use these kinds of devices, and you don&amp;#x27;t mind me asking, why is it you guys like these types of devices and services? And do the privacy issues here concern any of you at all?&lt;p&gt;As a matter of full disclosure, the privacy issues seem obvious and deal breaking to me, but clearly that&amp;#x27;s not the consensus view.</text></comment>