> We do know that Amazon will hand over your Echo data if the gadget becomes involved in a homicide investigation. That very thing happened earlier this year, a

> We do know that Amazon will hand over your Echo data if the gadget becomes involved in a homicide investigation. That very thing happened earlier this year, and while Amazon had previously refused to hand over customer data, the company didn’t argue with a subpoena in a murder case. Bullshit. Amazon fought the subpoena up until the defendent essentially said "whatever, give them the whatever recordings you have". The linked article even says this. This whole thing is luddite fear mongering. There are legitimate reasons to worry about IoT devices, but mostly not for the reasons outlined here.