Amazon's Alexa gets super sketchy when you ask her about the CIA

Hmm...
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Samantha Scelzo
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Better sleep with one eye open because you might have an unexpected spy living in your home.

When the woman in this video asks her Amazon Alexa if she would ever lie to her, Alexa assures her that the woman can trust her and that she would never intentionally lie to anyone. Okay, that's nice. So, we can all trust our Alexa's, right?

Not so fast. When the woman then asks Alexa if she has any connection to the CIA, Alexa completely clams up and literally shuts down...twice.

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This is no fluke. Alexa gets super sketchy when faced with the idea that someone out there knows her secret.

So, was Alexa designed as a household spy to watch our every move?

Don't ask her anything weird, just in case.

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Samantha Scelzo

Samantha was a Watercooler Web Culture & Lifestyle intern at Mashable. Follow her on Twitter @samiscelz.


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