[omnicognate]

So how do you propose parents prevent their children from using Alexa other than simply not having it?

Not having it is my solution, and I put a bunch of (specialised, technical) work into safely introducing my kids to the internet [1], but if that's the only safe solution Alexa should have a "not safe if you have kids" warning.

But of course it's not the only solution. Amazon just need to make sure their device doesn't tell kids to stick things in power sockets, and they don't dispute this.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29177716