Judge Orders Recordings From Amazon Echo in Murder Case

Technology is always advancing and there are no signs of it slowing down anytime soon. The Amazon Echo is a prime example of this due to the fact that you can ask it so many questions and it will almost always have the answer. Well, a Judge in New Hampshire has asked for the devices help in a double murder case due to the belief that it may have recorded the murder happening. According to an article from CBS News that was published in November of 2018, the Echo has already been searched, but most likely not completely. Now there is evidence that suggests the device was listening in while the murder was taking place. Wait, what?

The device supposedly has a wake word that turns it on and in turn records any conversation that may transpire. Now, it is good in this case because it may prove that the supposed murderer actually committed the act. Amazon previously stated that they would not release any customer information without proper reasoning, and surely this satisfies that requirement. However, no one can say that this isn't weird. I mean come on, everyone knows that our devices, such as our smartphones, are listening in on us, but does that make it ok? I can look something up on my laptop, like golf balls for example, and the next thing I know I will have ads and emails popping up all over for golf balls. I get what they are trying to do, but I'm not a fan of it. To me, this starts become a privacy issue. What I look up and think about purchasing is not the business of a search engine and they should not be looking in on that. I applaud the efforts and intent of the Amazon Echo in possibly listening in on suspicious activity, but it does not need to be recording every conversation and storing it deep within the servers of Amazon. Your personal device is no longer personal anymore. You and the company you purchased it from both use it and there is nothing you can do about it. Say hello to the modern age of technological "privacy" because it is here to stay.