If your friend bought it, maybe they don't consider is a "poorly-designed voice assistant"? Maybe they think you're just trying to misuse their device, and being a bit silly?
It's the equivalent of going to somebody's unlocked laptop and typing in "XXX bum photos" or "how to kill the president. Or yelling "Fire! Fire!" to scare somebody.
Yes, it's probably quite funny when you're young (and you shouldn't leave unlocked laptops around) - but come on, really?
Look, we're obviously talking at different levels here - so I think I'm going to withdraw from this fight. There's little I have to gain here.
BTW - To nepthar, unethical_ban, and rl3 - if any of you actually are under the age of 16 - then I'm sorry, I apologise and withdraw my earlier comments - have fun, buddy - try to squeeze in all the pranks/stupidity you can before you have to be an adult =).
>If your friend bought it, maybe they don't consider is a "poorly-designed voice assistant"? Maybe they think you're just trying to misuse their device, and being a bit silly?
I'd like to think people are the best judges of how their own friends will react, but maybe that's naïve.
>It's the equivalent of going to somebody's unlocked laptop and typing in "XXX bum photos" or "how to kill the president. Or yelling "Fire! Fire!" to scare somebody.
Those examples aren't even comparable to each other, let alone to a bunch of orders made via voice assistant that probably end up instantly canceled.
>Yes, it's probably quite funny when you're young ...
>Look, we're obviously talking at different levels here ...
>... There's little I have to gain here.
>... if any of you actually are under the age of 16
>... before you have to be an adult ...
You may have overdone the condescension there just a little bit.
> Those examples aren't even comparable to each other, let alone to a bunch of orders made via voice assistant that probably end up instantly canceled.
We started with thermite ingredients and plane to Syria, something clearly made to potentially trigger USGOV anti-terrorism surveillance. It won't be fun for anyone if somehow it actually works. It's a joke at someone else's low-probability but life-threatening expense.
It's like doing pranks to scare random strangers. All fun and games until you meet the one with a heart condition that gets triggered by your joke.
The probability it actually triggers anything is virtually zero. You say as much in your other comment.
Driving a friend to a surprise party would be far more dangerous on multiple levels. Life is full of risk, and if you minimize it to the maximum extent possible it's quite boring.
Obviously there's some things you don't joke about, such as presidential security, inciting panic in public places, joking about terrorism in an airport, unsafe pranks on strangers, et cetera. That's all common sense.
Adding a bunch of suspicious crap to the cart and looking up a flight on your friend's unsecured voice assistant is more akin to two people making a campy NSA joke during a private chat session. The latter happens all the time, no one cares.
Granted, if your friend is a Syrian national living in the U.S. on a temporary visa then I might agree with you. :)
It's the equivalent of going to somebody's unlocked laptop and typing in "XXX bum photos" or "how to kill the president. Or yelling "Fire! Fire!" to scare somebody.
Yes, it's probably quite funny when you're young (and you shouldn't leave unlocked laptops around) - but come on, really?
Look, we're obviously talking at different levels here - so I think I'm going to withdraw from this fight. There's little I have to gain here.
BTW - To nepthar, unethical_ban, and rl3 - if any of you actually are under the age of 16 - then I'm sorry, I apologise and withdraw my earlier comments - have fun, buddy - try to squeeze in all the pranks/stupidity you can before you have to be an adult =).