Post #62

Last November there was a murder case in Arkansas. What is interesting about it: there was one more “intellect” except people in the house - Amazon Echo. So, police obtained a search warrant for it in the hopes the device would cough up voice evidence to suggest the man had strangled his friend in a hot tub. But Amazon is doubling down on its refusal to turn over voice records from an Echo. In a new filing in Arkansas state court, Amazon claimed records from the Echo should receive special protection under the First Amendment since what owners say to the device—and the answers its assistant “Alexa” provides—are a form of free expression and these records could reveal information about a person’s health or political views. https://goo.gl/3ZbxIi