Amazon Refusing to Hand Over Data on Whether Alexa Overheard a Murder

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  1. Melody Bot Feb 23, 2017
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    Ars Technica:


    Amazon is balking at a search warrant seeking cloud-stored data from its Alexa Voice Service. Arkansas authorities want to examine the recorded voice and transcription data as part of a murder investigation. Among other things, the Seattle company claims that the recorded data from an Amazon Echo near a murder scene is protected by the First Amendment, as are the responses from the voice assistant itself.
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  2. bmir14 Feb 23, 2017
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    Ugh. These things always make me feel weird. In 20 years Alexa is going to be on trial for murder.
     
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  3. omgrawr Feb 23, 2017
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    That loneliness is not a function of solitude.

    I honestly don't know what the right thing to do in these situations is. I lean toward keeping the data private because of the slippery slope that giving it out opens up. Companies like Amazon and Apple shouldn't be in a role where they decide who gets what information from people's personal devices.

    I think in the span of three sentences I just made up my mind on this topic. Lol.
     
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  4. jpmalone4 Feb 23, 2017
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    God the thought of an inanimate object standing by and recording something like that... it's just chilling.
     
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  5. yeahrightdude Feb 23, 2017
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    This was pretty much my exact thought process when I read this article.
     
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  6. Malatesta Feb 24, 2017
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    i may get better but we won't ever get well Prestigious

    absolutely the right thing not to provide it, this is barely one step from big brother
     
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