Booga1 [soylentnews.org] writes:
Arkansas police filed what is believed to be
the first request to retrieve information from an Amazon Echo [nydailynews.com] device in a homicide investigation. ...
Authorities charged Bates, 31, with murder earlier this year, but police in the Ozark city are now looking to find evidence on his Echo, according to
The Information [theinformation.com]. ...
Amazon twice refused to hand over information requested by police, according to The Information, but gave them Bates’ account information and purchase history.
The company said in a statement on Tuesday that it “will not release customer information without a valid and binding legal demand properly served on us.”
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