Burger King thought it had a great ideasteemCreated with Sketch.

in #newsleaks7 years ago



Instead, it ended up with a Whopper of a problem
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Earlier this week, Burger King released a broadcast television ad that opened with an actor saying, "Ok, Google, what is the Whopper?" thereby triggering any Google Home device in hearing range to respond to the injected request with the first line from the Whopper's Wikipedia page. Google very properly responded to the injection attack by fingerprinting the sound sample and blocking it from triggering responses. However, it seems Burger King and/or its ad agency are either unwilling or congenitally incapable of getting the hint, and has released an altered version of the ad to evade Google's block. According to spokesperson Dara Schopp, BK regards the ad as a success, as it has increased the brand's "social conversation" on Twitter by some 300%. It seems that Burger King thinks that malware-laden advertising infesting webpages is a perfectly wonderful idea (in principle, at least), and has taken it to the next level by reaching through your TV speakers and directly messing with your digital devices. You may wish to consider alternate vendors for your burger needs.

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LOL, persistent genius on the part of Burger King... or maybe not!

to er is human
to really screw it up requires corporate.

Should have gone back to the old "left-handed Whopper" gag.

That is ridiculously hilarious. BK is the master troll here. Haha.

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