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Re:Police seek Amazon Echo data in murder case by rhizome on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @05:38PM (#13266840)
If at the request of the government, yeah that's a problem unless there is some kind of warrant, right?

Nope: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_doctrine

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Re:Police seek Amazon Echo data in murder case by supergeek133 on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @11:12AM (#13271408)
Yes and that's a problem with law not catching up with technology. Unfortunately for many people in the country, other social/financial issues are more important to them.
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