Published April 25, 2017

Burger King Wants to Hack Your Google Home Device

Fast food giant Burger King is trying to manipulate voice-activated devices within consumer homes as a marketing trick. They created a commercial that attempts to trigger commands within Google Home devices. In the commercial an actor states “OK Google, what is the Whopper burger?” The hope is that your Google Home device will search the internet for the wikipedia entry on whoppers, then read it to you. People are upset, calling this tactic invasive and annoying.

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