Amazon recently added the ability for users to unlock their smart lock-equipped doors using Alexa. This is a useful feature, but raises some concerns about intruders yelling through windows to tell Alexa to open your door. Is this an issue you should be concerned about?
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For starters, the unlock feature for Alexa includes an extra security measure. When you tell Alexa to open the door, you must also say the four-digit voice code out loud to confirm. So even if an attacker can successfully yell through the Alexa window, they will need this unique code to actually bypass your lock.
But I wanted to see if Alexa could hear me through the windows. I installed Echo near my glass patio door and got to work.
As you can see in the photo above, I installed the Echo near the patio door, but not next to it — realistically, in most homes, the Echo will not be right in front of the window, but rather to the side somewhere.
