The gravity of being recorded constantly was brought to light in Arkansas last year when a man named James Bates was charged with the 2015 murder of a man named Victor Collins, and Amazon was served a warrant requesting the audio files from Bates Echo.
Date: Apr 15, 2017
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
EFF Applauds Amazon For Pushing Back on Request for Echo Data
The widely-publicized case involves a first-degree murder investigation out of Bentonville, Arkansas. The victim, Victor Collins, was found in November 2015 his friends home. The two had been drinking and watching football with a few others at the friends home the night before. The friend, James B
The warrant for the Echo data surrounds the 2015 death of Victor Collins. He was found dead in a hot tub at the Bentonville home of Bates. The authorities say Collins, a former police officer, died after a struggle. The defendant said it was an accidental drowning. An Amazon Echo was streaming music
Date: Mar 07, 2017
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Amazon Echo and the internet of things that spy on you
On Nov. 22, 2015, Victor Collins at the home of James Bates in Bentonville, Arkansas. The night before, Bates invited friends, including Collins, over to watch the football game, and after Bates reported Collins death, police collected some evidence of struggle from the scene. Still, there is more p
Date: Mar 02, 2017
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Amazon refuses to hand over Alexa info for murder investigation
The investigation in question looks into the suspicious death of former Georgia police officer Victor Collins in 2015. He was found floating face-up in a hot tub in the home of his friend, James Andrew Bates, who called the cops to report that he found the body. Bates claimed the death was an accide
Date: Feb 24, 2017
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Newest front in police vs tech: Can man's Amazon Echo tell who killed his neighbor?
According to the affidavit of a Bentonville police detective, Bates told officers that he, Victor Collins and two other friends had spent the previous evening watching an Arkansas Razorbacks football game on television, drinking beer and chugging shots of vodka.
Date: Feb 24, 2017
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Amazon says Alexa's speech is protected by the First Amendment
The criminal case involves a man named James Andrew Bates. Bates lives in Bentonville, Arkansas and happens to own a few gadgets, including an Amazon Echo. Local police allege that Bates killed a man named Victor Collins, who was found dead in Bates hot tub in November 2015.
Date: Feb 23, 2017
Source: Google
Police Now Trained To Seek Out Smart Appliances In Investigations
Law enforcement have filed search warrants with Amazon for recordings from the device in hopes it had been voice activated and captured clues to explain how Victor Collins was strangled to death in Bates hot tub in 2015 but, thus far, the company has not complied.