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> 1) confirms they do have data and the ability to turn it over Not necessarily. We don't know what they handed over. For all we know right now, it literally c
by Xorlev 10y ago
> 1) confirms they do have data and the ability to turn it over
Not necessarily. We don't know what they handed over. For all we know right now, it literally could be a single request to start a timer or check the weather.
The use of the data seems dubious assuming that Alexa has to hear the trigger word before sending data to Amazon. Judging by the traffic on my network, I'd say that's the case. I don't see a persistent stream coming from my Alexa device beyond periodic pings.
- M_Grey 10y agoKeep in mind that a key piece of evidence in the murder case in question is a single datapoint from his smart water-meter. "Why did you use 140 gallons of water around 2AM? Long shower bud?"
- woogiewonka 10y agoDepressing.
- icebraining 10y agoHow is it not relevant whether someone used a lot of water after the homeowner was dead?
- M_Grey 10y agoAccording to police records, a city utility billing and collections manager told detectives that, on the night of Collins's death, 140 gallons of water were used at Bates's home between 1 and 3 a.m., an amount of water usage that exceeded all other periods there since October 2013. “In comparison, while all four [men] were together earlier that evening, they never used more than 10 gallons of water in an hour,” police reports said. “The amount of water used between 0100-0300 hours was consistent with spraying down the back patio area, which may have resulted in the wet concrete patterns observed on the morning of November 22nd.” The utility department's source? Each home in Bentonville was on a smart meter, police were told, to measure and record the exact consumption of electricity and water every hour. -Washington Post The homeowner wasn't the one who died.