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Your Amazon Echo is recording every word you say, for the police


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2016 Dec 27, 2:07pm   2,758 views  14 comments

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https://www.theinformation.com/amazon-echo-and-the-hot-tub-murder

Be careful what you say around your Amazon Echo. Your words may be recorded and used against you in court.

In what may be the first case of its kind, police investigating a murder in Bentonville, Arkansas, issued a warrant to Amazon.com to turn over audio and other records from an Echo. The device in question belongs to James Andrew Bates, who was charged earlier this year with first-degree murder. The victim, Victor Collins, was found dead in Mr. Bates’ hot tub one Sunday morning in November of last year.

#creepy #amazon #noprivacy

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1   MMR   2016 Dec 27, 2:17pm  

Can't read without subscription

2   Ceffer   2016 Dec 27, 2:23pm  

"Echo, can I get away with murder?"

"Yes, Master, go for it! Would you like some suggested methods? Poison, personal violence, or hit-man?"

3   Patrick   2016 Dec 27, 3:23pm  

MMR says

Can't read without subscription

True, that sucks.

But here are some more details from a different source:

https://www.engadget.com/2016/12/27/amazon-echo-audio-data-murder-case/

Police say Bates had several other smart home devices, including a water meter. That piece of tech shows that 140 gallons of water were used between 1AM and 3AM the night Collins was found dead in Bates' hot tub. Investigators allege the water was used to wash away evidence of what happened off of the patio.

Looks like his whole "smart house" is going to testify against him.

4   mell   2016 Dec 27, 3:37pm  

rando says

Looks like his whole "smart house" is going to testify against him.

Ironic. The (smart) things you own end up owning you.

5   Shaman   2016 Dec 27, 3:43pm  

Guess I'll keep this in mind the next time I'm planning a murder...

7   Heraclitusstudent   2016 Dec 27, 4:06pm  

If the gov was recording you, it would be unconstitutional. But it's a private company doing it for a profit, so... it's ok for Amazon, and it's ok for the police to use it.

8   zzyzzx   2016 Dec 27, 5:13pm  

OK, so the main point here is that if committing murder, do it in somebody else's house?

9   Dan8267   2016 Dec 27, 10:26pm  

Patrick says

Your Amazon Echo is recording every word you say, for the police

Shit, now you tell me after I said "Alexa, where can I buy some yellow cake?". I just wanted to throw a birthday party.

10   Dan8267   2016 Dec 27, 10:27pm  

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As a refresher, Echo only captures audio and streams it to the cloud when the device hears the wake word "Alexa."

Damn it. Alexa is my safe word.

11   komputodo   2016 Dec 28, 6:23am  

Dan8267 says

Damn it. Alexa is my safe word.

That's why I use TIPPY TOE.

12   Y   2016 Dec 28, 6:36am  

What if the russians hacked it?
Sounds like an international frame job to me...

rando says

That piece of tech shows that 140 gallons of water were used between 1AM and 3AM the night Collins was found dead in Bates' hot tub.

13   Dan8267   2016 Dec 28, 10:33am  

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Dan8267 says

As a refresher, Echo only captures audio and streams it to the cloud when the device hears the wake word "Alexa."

Great, now we're going to hear about everything Hillary said to Echo.

14   Booger   2016 Dec 29, 3:40pm  

Enough with the games on shipping Amazon. Ever since they started the Prime shipping, if you don't sign up they make sure the free shipping option takes as long as possible. The package is literally a few miles away from me and they waited more than a week before preparing to ship it! Just because we didn't pay the $100 extra a year for Prime doesn't mean you have to poo on us because we didn't pay up.

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