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Alexa: Who Dunnit?

In a digital twist that raises questions about privacy inside the home as we increasingly surround ourselves with devices that track our movements, listen to our utterances and record our activities, a local Arkansas police department has asked Amazon for audio and other records from an Echo digital assistant that was present at the scene of a homicide. Amazon has thus far refused.

“Police in Bentonville, Ark., asked Amazon for audio and other records from an Echo digital assistant in the home of James Andrew Bates after Victor Collins was found dead in Bates’ hot tub last year.”

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