# Parroting Bad Security Advice

DevFeed: [Parroting Bad Security Advice](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/parroting-bad-security-advice-36926.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/parroting-bad-security-advice/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2017-09-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shostack-friends-blog.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon.md>)

Tags: [alexa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alexa.md>), [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon.md>), [pin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pin.md>), [request](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/request.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [voice](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/voice.md>), [voice-assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/voice-assistant.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses an African Grey parrot that mimicked its owner's voice closely enough for an Amazon Echo using Alexa to accept an order for six gift boxes. It notes that requiring a PIN could have prevented the order, but the family had not enabled that protection.

## Source excerpt

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