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As a non-lawyer and not legally trained it seems like 1st amendment has nothing to do with this but 4th and 5th has everything. This is scary. It means the 4th

• bbcbasic 10y ago
  But there is a warrant: > The tech titan has filed a motion to quash the search warrant for recordings ps. Ianal
• maxerickson 10y ago
  If that were the case Amazon would have provided the data rather than contesting the warrant the police issued to obtain the data.
• rayiner 10y ago
  The 4th amendment and 5th amendment don't protect you from having to hand over incriminating evidence pursuant to a valid warrant. If the government suspects e.g. you're part of a criminal organization and have tapes with your co-conspirators (for future blackmail purposes) hidden in your house, it can get a warrant and get those tapes. It can play those tapes to the jury. The only thing the 5th amendment protects you from is the government making you testify against yourself.
• kevin_b_er 10y ago
  Those amendments only apply to the government. A corporation may arbitrarily restrict your rights and you have no recourse other than to avoid the corporation. This is why social media is a trap. It looks at first glance like a highly evolved town square but it is not. It is a private space masquerading as a town square, but one where you may be silenced for the wrong words. The same applies to the alexa device you chose to put in your living room. Your private life now belongs to Amazon. The 4th amendment does not apply. Your privacy is now the property of a corporation that may do what it pleases with the information from your previously private home life.