Why sarcasm? If I was being attacked and remembered I would absolutely do that.

lostlogin · on Nov 10, 2018

And the next question, what would you say to ensure it was recorded, identifiable, sent to the right person and had the right phrasing to ensure it could be used in court?

XorNot · on Nov 10, 2018

Well in that situation I'm dead, and have had a brief moment of lucidity to try and ensure my killer goes down after the fact.

It's the same reason you should try and bite the person attacking you and scratch the hell out of them.

jeremyjh · on Nov 10, 2018

"Alexa, John Smith is murdering me.".

Now, on my cell phone in the Alexa app, this text is present, regardless of anything else. Amazon also has this data. They absolutely have every command/request sent to them, even if the request was not understood/processed.

adrianN · on Nov 10, 2018

"Alexa, call the police"? Would that work?

rococode · on Nov 10, 2018

Well now I want to try this with my Echo, but I'm too afraid it'll actually call the police and I won't know how to stop it haha

dsl · on Nov 10, 2018

If you stay on the line and calmly tell the operator it was an accident or test call, it is absolutely fine.

I used to do telcom work for a machine shop. Part of my job was doing two 911 test calls every week (with and without an extra 9 for an outside line).