Justin’s note: “Alexa, did you witness a murder?”
Most people would never ask their Echo device this question. But authorities in New Hampshire believe an Echo smart speaker may have recorded audio during a double murder that took place last year. The judge in this case even asked Amazon to turn over audio collected from the device.
This is a huge deal, and not just for the parties involved in this trial. This story has massive implications for the future of privacy, as Doug Casey explains below…
Justin: Doug, the judge in this case ordered Amazon to turn over audio recordings from an Amazon Echo that was in the house when the two women died.
But Amazon declined to do so, saying it won’t hand over anything “without a valid and binding legal demand properly served on us.”
Is Amazon doing the right thing? Or should it be required to turn over such data when a murder or other serious crime has been committed?