“Alexa, Donate $5000 to St. Jude” — a Chat with my Coworker’s Echo
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“Alexa, Donate $5000 to St. Jude” — a Chat with my Coworker’s EchoRamblings on why Voice UX is so hard and practical steps to lock down your #alexa account to prevent unintended payments.Mike with the donation confirmation, after I had used his Echo device to successfully donate $10 to charity.The ChallengeVoice platforms provide developers with opportunities to create refreshingly simple, yet powerful applications. Donating to #charity using voice was exciting and the ease-of-use actually might make me do so more often. But how can we build conversational experiences that balance brevity with security in a development environment lacking a fingerprint reader?A Real Life TestMe: “Alexa, donate $10 to St. Jude”Alexa: “Do you want to make your $10 donation now?”Me: “Yes”Alexa: “$10 will be sent to (...)