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12/28/16: What the Amazon Echo might reveal about this murder case
Dec 28, 2016

12/28/16: What the Amazon Echo might reveal about this murder case

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Smart speakers are listening. The Information has a new story out about how police have issued a warrant for Amazon Echo data in a murder case. One of the article's co-writers, Tom Dotan, joined us to talk about the data that Amazon collects and keeps on Echo users. We'll also look at the use of technology at a refugee camp in Jordan and examine the effects of Brexit on London's tech scene.


Smart speakers are listening. The Information has a new story out about how police have issued a warrant for Amazon Echo data in a murder case. One of the article’s co-writers, Tom Dotan, joined us to talk about the data that Amazon collects and keeps on Echo users. We’ll also look at the use of technology at a refugee camp in Jordan and examine the effects of Brexit on London’s tech scene.

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