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People who are scared to be home alone, what is it that scares you? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Ste41th@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I know people here hate them but Google home/Alexa have emergency capabilities now too I believe. My mil was telling me about it

[–] ObsidianNebula@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Someone I knew fell down the stairs while home alone and couldn't get up. He was able to call out towards the kitchen and tell Alexa to call for help. If he wasn't able to do that, he would have been lying there much longer before anyone could find out. It sucks for privacy, but those types of devices do have some legitimate helpful uses.