An 'acoustic fingerprint' should keep Alexa from waking during Amazon's Super Bowl ad


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The same technique works for when Stephen Colbert gets mischievous.

Here's how Amazon works to prevent your television from triggering Alexa.
via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2D6m4To"

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