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A Nest doorbell locks door when it confuses homeowner with his Batman shirt

When a man tried to enter his own house, his Nest doorbell got suspicious and snapped the doorlock shut. Nest’s facial recognition feature confused the man, B.J. May, with the Batman T-shirt he was wearing, and apparently even Batman isn’t allowed through the front door without the owner’s consent.

Nest was just following orders, and May didn’t hold a grudge. In a later tweet he said, “To answer some questions: Yes, the door was unlocked. My family was home, and my son was in/out the front door playing. I unlocked the door using my pin. I also could have used the phone app. It was no biggie, I just thought the face recognition fail was funny.”

Via Mashable

Image: Max Pixel/Creative Commons Zero – CC0

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