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Connected to the Internet with smart voice-control devices, such as Amazon Echo or Google Home, may be useful in solving crimes. Indeed, it requires that their producers be prepared to cooperate with law enforcement agencies.
The first precedent of this kind may be established in the United States. As TechCrunch writes with reference to the subscription publication The Information, the Bentonville City Police in Arkansas sent Amazon a warrant requesting information. This is about audio-data recorded by Echo's smart column in the murder suspect's house.
The indictment for the premeditated murder of James Beates was filed a year ago, when the victim, Victor Collins, was found strangled in a hydromassium bath in the suspect's house the day after the party, where two others were involved. Bates and another party member blame each other, the latter ' s alibi being confirmed by his wife.
The police believe that Amazon Echo, a key witness in the case, who was working this evening at the house where the murder occurred. The device is equipped with seven permanent microphones to record the sound. However, only recognized voice teams and search requests are transmitted to Amazon servers.
Amazon currently refuses to transmit the information to the authorities, insisting that the request for its extradition be properly processed and confirmed by the court. In addition to the evidence column, the data from the smart water control device may become evidence. According to his data from 1 to 3 a.m., the water flow in the house where the murder occurred was 140 gallons (530 litres). The case that The Information wrote is the first of its kind, and shows how gradually the intranet of things and smart house systems can help dissolve crimes.