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An owner of an Amazon Alexa home assistant is claiming that the device issued a sick challenge to her 10-year-old daughter. In a video posted online, when the Amazon device was asked for a "challenge," Alexa replied: "The challenge is simple: plug in a phone charger about halfway into a wall outlet, then touch a penny to the exposed prongs," tempting the child to electrocute herself.

An owner of an Amazon Alexa home assistant is claiming that the device issued a sick challenge to her 10-year-old daughter. In a video posted online, when the Amazon device was asked for a "challenge," Alexa replied: "The challenge is simple: plug in a phone charger about halfway into a wall outlet, then touch a penny to the exposed prongs," tempting the child to electrocute herself.

Amazon's Alexa proposed to a 10-year-old child to perform a dangerous "outlet challenge" from TikTok. Thankfully for the kid, its mother was close by and shared this incident on Twitter.

With privacy being a main concern lately, consumers should be aware of the privacy settings that come with Amazon Alexa, the voice assistant and smart device.

With privacy being a main concern lately, consumers should be aware of the privacy settings that come with Amazon Alexa, the voice assistant and smart device.