Image copyright Amazon A speaker that can be a “witness” key to solving a murder.
authorities in Arkansas (USA) have been sent requests without success to Amazon for the technology firm will give you access to the records of one of its speakers smart Echo.
The device controlled by voice was found next to the tub in Victor Collins was found dead. , Everything indicates that before dying, the victim remained a struggle.
Amazon has received two orders of registration, but jasta has now refused to share the information sent by the speaker to their servers.
however, police said that a detective found a way to extract the data from the device itself, although it is not clear if the information was useful.
blood Stains
the details of The case were given to meet for the first time on the news site Information.
it Happened in November of 2015, when the suspect, James Bates called the police in Bentonville, Arkansas, to say that he had found the body of his friend Victor Collins face down in the water in a bathtub.
According to court documents in the case, one of the eyes and the lips of the deceased were swollen and had spots suspicious of blood on the edge of the tub.
detectives say that they found out that there was music coming from the backyard at the time of death and that this could be controlled by the virtual assistant of the loudspeaker Echo, ” Alexa.
The device is “always on alert” and makes audio recordings of a fraction of a second before detecting the words that activate it, Alexa, or Amazon.
This audio is transmitted to the servers of Amazon, which analyse the request and will indicate how to respond.
But to often be active when you misinterpret the speech.
therefore, any captured audio could identify who was in the place in the early hours of the morning, when it is believed that the alleged murder was committed.
you could Also verify if it is true or not that Bates had been asleep at the time that he died his friend, as he says.
“excessive Demands”
This case reminds the refusal of Apple to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI, for its acronym in English) to provide the security code for an iPhone used by one of the perpetrators of a shooting in the town, california, San Bernardino.
In that case, the authorities said they were able to extract information without the cooperation of the technology firm.
“Amazon does not disclose customer information without a lawsuit legal, valid and binding duly notified,” said a company spokesman to the BBC.
“routine, Amazon objected to the excessive demands, or otherwise inappropriate”.
The firm explained that the Echo appliance is not stored phrases, and the associated audio is only accessible through the storage in the “cloud” and only the account holder is the one who can delete.
The police department Bentonville he said he was also able to extract data from Collins for your smartphone LG.
But he added that he had been unable to access the phone Huawei Nexus of Bates, as this had been protected by a lock code.
however, court documents indicate that a water meter smart had provided one of the evidences that are more useful.
Were used 636 litres of water around at the time of the alleged murder, says the police.
that suggests that Bates may have used a hose to clean up the evidence before making the emergency call for the death of Collins.
prosecutors in the case told the BBC that they rely on finally Amazon access colborar.
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