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Nov 2019
20m 34s

Alexa, Witness for the Defense

Jim Stroud
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Alexa has been a silent and virtual witness to several cases of crimes being committed at home. As a result, police have been calling on Amazon for the audio recordings in hopes of finding irrefutable evidence against suspects. The trend has me wondering, today it is Alexa, but tomorrow…  What other electronic device could be called to testify (so to speak) ... Show More
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