Since Amazon’s Alexa-enabled devices came out, people have found it hard to trust the voice assistant.
There have been privacy concerns about data leaking and some people have even had their devices hacked. Despite some of these drawbacks, Alexa is super useful .
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She has tons of skills, including setting timers and playing music. Turns out, she can even save you from dating a cheater !
People have discovered their partner’s infidelities in all sorts of ways.
A lot of these shocking stories have been shared on Reddit , like this woman who received a random call one night. It was the wife of the man she was having an affair with.
Since the woman said she was dropping her cheating husband off at her home, the woman had to confess to having an affair.
Awkward! Another Redditor found out about her husband’s affair through the surprise reveal of a secret son.
“He came home one evening after 16 years of marriage, said ‘we’re in trouble’ I asked if he lost his job, forgot to pay the mortgage, etc…,” they wrote.
“He said he had a 5 year old and another one on the way. We had a 15 and 13 year old. There was momentary confusion… then the light bulb came on. I went to see a divorce attorney a few days later.”
Modern technology has also been helpful in helping people discover cheating.
Since one woman had her Apple device synced with her husband’s, she saw the messages that he was sending to his mistress in real-time. When will people ever learn?!
Another woman discovered her husband’s affair with a teenage co-worker thanks to Apple CarPlay.
“I was six months pregnant, and we’d been together almost seven years,” the woman wrote. “He cheated on me with a teenaged coworker with the same name as me. I saw the messages pop up on my Apple CarPlay in car while he ran into the store.”
Finally, modern technology proved useful again when it helped a TikToker learn that her partner was cheating on her.
But instead of a phone call, texts, or the Apple iCloud, Jessica Lowman learned the difficult news through none other than her Amazon Alexa.
In her viral video, she posted a screen recording of herself listening to the audio search history on the Alexa-enabled device.
“So this is how I caught my ex cheating I didn’t even know Alexa stored this shizzz,” she wrote on the video.
She caught her man red-handed after hearing another woman’s voice on the search history.
Many people were shocked by the fact that Alexa stores audio history. “WOW! I will forever keep this in mind,” one user wrote. “Thats one way to catch them,” added another.
“Girl code alexa,” joked another, making reference to Alexa helping people out.
More jokes were cracked: “Not me thinking how dare she talk to my Alexa.” “Jeff Bezos was doing us girlies a favor from the beginning… huh,” quipped a third.
Another woman shared her story of using Alexa to uncover her man’s cheating.
“That’s the exact same way i found out too! Listened in on a full date night!” a woman wrote, her comment gained over 39k likes. It’s given many women some ideas.
“Thank you now I know to buy him an Alexa for Christmas,” a user commented.
“All females running to Alexa app right now,” commented a second. “Everyone gonna be gettin Alexa for Christmas,” a third agreed. Finally, there was this hilarious comment aimed at ruining any romantic moments: “alexa do a fart.”