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You're making quite a few assumptions. 1) The device is storing any amount of locally recorded audio. So far evidence says no. 2) Amazon would OTA all echos t
by supergeek133 10y ago
You're making quite a few assumptions.
1) The device is storing any amount of locally recorded audio. So far evidence says no.
2) Amazon would OTA all echos to upload everything it hears. So far evidence says this hasn't happened. It also likely won't because IMO security people monitor these devices more than anything else on the planet. Some I believe for good reasons, the others just want to play gotcha.
3) If 1 and 2 are true, Amazon keeps the data for an extended period of time.
Can we please not tinfoil hat the hell out of these devices like we do the rest of IoT sometimes?
- politician 10y agoI've responded to your position elsewhere: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13264644 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13264644
- jdiez17 10y ago(I think) the argument your parent is making is that Amazon could easily send a software update to a specific Echo to make it record everything it hears.
- supergeek133 10y agoIf at the request of the government, yeah that's a problem unless there is some kind of warrant, right? I'm all for people being suspicious, but the intent of this was to say "the cops are hoping it might catch something" as in it was accidentally triggered.
- rhizome 10y agoIf 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_doctrine
- supergeek133 10y agoYes 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.
- johnsmith21006 10y agoOr any smartphone, tablet, laptop, etc. This is the world we live in.
- visarga 10y agoOr send audio surveillance data only when it has a legitimate excuse to communicate with Amazon, like, when you're streaming music or making a query.