Re:Police seek Amazon Echo data in murder case
by ajross on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @01:47PM
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Or if you have a conversation about coffee[1] including the word Alexa[2], but that cannot be parsed or validated as a "query" and produces no response from the device, does that audio get stored somewhere? Could it be captured in transit by other actors? Seems like an important distinction to me.
[1] Or, y'know, about some subject more subpoenable or privacy-sensitive.
[2] Or, y'know, not including the word Alexa but triggering the on-device recognition anyway. "Alex, uh, here's your payment for murder."
Re:Police seek Amazon Echo data in murder case
by hillz on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @02:45PM
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Sentences after the 'Alexa' key word are still recorded as un-identified questions that you can view in the Alexa app. Source: bought mom one, have used it.
[1] Or, y'know, about some subject more subpoenable or privacy-sensitive.
[2] Or, y'know, not including the word Alexa but triggering the on-device recognition anyway. "Alex, uh, here's your payment for murder."