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>Forensic experts tell WIRED that information from the devices is valued because it can offer a timeline of a person’s activities, their location, if they’re al
by gambler 6y ago
>Forensic experts tell WIRED that information from the devices is valued because it can offer a timeline of a person’s activities, their location, if they’re alone, and can verify statements made during questioning.
I am sure police will be eager to use this sort of data as exculpating evidence. I mean, they don't have a history of doing this with normal evidence, but when we hand them more data (knowing data = power) I am sure they will start operating in a totally different fashion. I believe in our institutions.
Ordering smart speakers for all my rooms, Nest and Ring.
- gruez 6y ago/s ?
- repeek 6y agoStep 1: Record yourself giving your smart devices commands. Step 2: Schedule playback while out committing crimes. Instant alibi!
- goldenManatee 6y agoIt is not the job of any executive branch organization to proactively need this data, nor even to have the gall to submit such a request. The argument of serving as alibis is so laughable; like, how ever did governments survive this long without smart speakers listening in to citizens in the Roman Empire, or in 18th century France, or to America’s rebellious, tax-evading Founding Fathers. Guess the authorities of those people’s times should have stopped the “rebels”? It seems producing smart speaker alibis is really the only way any future government could survive given our IG/TikTok addicted population is so smart? Not to mention that governments are fundamentally just ideas of people coming to temporarily to work together, that come and go.