[justtocomment]

It's interesting how we twist our behaviour to accomodate the technology and not the other way around.

What worked great for us was not buying the thing in the first place.

[throw14082020]

Don't worry the wake word will be customizable soon enough;

[cosmie]

While not completely customizable, it is already configurable. The Alexa/Echo devices currently support 4 wake words - Alexa, Amazon, Computer, and Echo.

I work with an Aleksa that I refer to frequently during calls, and was quite excited when I stumbled on the wake word setting in the Alexa app.

[ghaff]

You can change it to Amazon, Echo, or Computer. None of which are likely to be names of people in your house--other than the Dollhouse exception for Echo. Most people just likely prefer a more personal name which is, almost by definition, an accepted human name.

[Channel]

Computer is great because it reminds me of Star Trek.