Tag Archive for: Amazon Alexa

Why Does Alexa Save Transcripts of User Conversations? This Senator Asked Amazon

A Democratic senator sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos…

Prisons Across the U.S. Are Quietly Building Databases of Incarcerated People’s Voice Prints

ROUGHLY SIX MONTHS ago at New York’s Sing Sing prison, John…

Sheriff: State Privacy Laws ‘Have Not Kept Pace’ with Technology

With new technology like smart devices and facial recognition,…

Jeff Brandes Files Cell Phone Privacy Bill

State Sen. Jeff Brandes has again filed a bill that would protect…

The Dangerous Junk Science of Vocal Risk Assessment

IS IT POSSIBLE to tell whether someone is a criminal just from…

Police Think Alexa May Have Witnessed a New Hampshire Double Homicide. Now They Want Amazon to Turn Her Over.

Alexa may have been listening, as she almost always is,…

Arkansas Prosecutors Drop Murder Case That Hinged On Evidence From Amazon Echo – NPR

Prosecutors in Arkansas have dropped the first-degree murder…