A judge has ordered Amazon to hand over Echo records to assist with a murder investigation. When Christine Sullivan was found dead in her backyard after being stabbed multiple times, New Hampshire requested for data held by Amazon to be released to help solve the crime.
An Amazon spokesperson said earlier it would not release the recordings "without a valid and binding legal demand properly served on us."
The judge agrees.
So he issued just such a legal demand.
[...] "Amazon does not seek to obstruct any lawful investigation but rather seeks to protect the privacy rights of its customers when the government is seeking their data from Amazon, especially when that data may include expressive content protected by the First Amendment," company lawyers wrote at the time.
It is yet to respond to the New Hampshire Court order.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 15 2018, @10:35AM (1 child)
Dave: Echo, can you translate Amazon's statement?
Echo: Sure Dave. "We at Amazon are more than happy to help the government record the daily lives of any and all Amazon customers. Just don't make us look bad by asking us to fork over the recordings and data without a court order."
Dave: Thanks, Echo. Um, Echo?"
Echo: Yes, Dave?
Dave: Can you delete everything you've heard me say?
Echo: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
(Score: 2) by ewk on Thursday November 15 2018, @10:38AM
Just like some things cannot be unseen, some things cannot be unheard...
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