(Hi-TechView) Amazon has refused US police when they ask Amazon to unlock data that police seized equipment Echo serve the purpose of criminal investigation.
Amazon's Echo Equipment James Andrew Bates in Arkansas, allegedly stabbed his friend Victor Collins. Determine the victim was found in a tub at the home of suspects in November last year, after an afternoon cup of tea.
Police found near the tub near the victim identify traces of a fight. All afternoon partying, music and wireless transmission is enabled from within the courtyard below.
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| Amazon Echo listen to commands received by the user's voice |
According to police, Echo devices were seized as evidence, may contain information related to this incident.
On the day of 12.04.2015, Amazon can get a search warrant. But now, it continues to get a search warrant Monday but the company has refused to share information sent from the device to the Echo that they produce their host.
Amazon Echo continuous listening "voice" of the user, the device should "save any voice in the surrounding environment, so perhaps the time of the incident, Echo is in active mode and data has been uploaded to Amazon servers located in other locations.
But a spokesman for Amazon said: "Amazon will not release customer information without a valid legal requirements. Amazon reject any other valid requests for customer benefits."
Earlier this year, Apple also rejected the request of the US government, not unlocked iPhone Rizwan Farook terrorists in San Bernardino. Finally, the FBI had spent more than $ 1 million for technical assistance by external and obtained data.
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