MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE TURNING THEIR HOMES INTO SO-CALLED SMART
HOMES, WHERE THEY ARE BUYING TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPS THEM TURN
LIGHTS ON SOMETHING BY TALKING INSTEAD OF HAVING TO FLICK
ñ FLIP A SWITCH.
THAT COULD ACTUALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOUR PRIVACY, AND
IF YOU EVER GET PROSECUTED FOR A CRIME, PROSECUTORS COULD
COME AFTER DATA THAT IS ELECTED BY THESE DEVICES.
CASE IN POINT: AN ARKANSAS MAN BY THE NAME OF JAMES BATES,
WHO IS BEING TRIED FOR MURDER.
NOW, APPARENTLY HE "FOUND" A MAN FORGING IN HIS BATHTUB,
CALLED THE POLICE AND TOLD THEM IT MUST HAVE BEEN AN
ACCIDENT AND HE MUST HAVE DROWNED.
BUT SCOOTERS ARE ACCUSING HIM OF MURDER, SAYING HE STRANGLED
THE MAN AND FOUND HIM IN THE BATHTUB.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REALITY IS, AND PROSECUTORS WANT
MORE EVIDENCE.
SO, SINCE THEY REALIZE THAT HE HAS THE ECHO SYSTEM, THAT
OF COURSE IS OWNED BY AMAZON, THEY CAN CONTACT AMAZON AND
GET THE DATA THAT THEY NEED.
THEY SPECIFICALLY WANTED RECORDINGS FROM HIS HOME.
THAT THEY GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS ON THAT.
PROSECUTORS USED BATES'S SMART HOME AGAINST HIM IN COURSE,
CITING INFORMATION FROM A SMART WATER METER TO ARGUE THAT
SOMEONE WAS USING A GARDEN HOSE TO CLEAR BLOOD OFF A PATIO.
THEY ALSO ATTENDED TO FORCE AMAZON TO HAND OVER INFORMATION
GATHERED FROM BATES'S ECHO SMART SPEAKER, ARGUING THAT IT
COULD HAVE MADE RECORDINGS THAT WOULD SHED LIGHT ON WHAT
HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, AMAZON WAS CONTACTED BY THESE
PROSECUTORS TO SEPARATE TIMES, AND THEY SAID NO.
THEY SAID THAT THEY WILL GIVE HIS PURCHASE HISTORY, BUT NOT
THESE RECORDINGS, AND THEY CITED THE FIRST AMENDMENT AS A WAY OF
PROTECTING THEMSELVES AGAINST GIVING THIS INFORMATION TO
PROSECUTORS; HOWEVER, THE WAY THAT THIS ALL ENDED UP IS THAT
THE SUSPECT, OR AT LEAST THE DEFENDANT, DECIDED TO AT LEAST
GIVE THE PROSECUTORS ACCESS TO THESE RECORDERS SO THAT
AMAZON DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS ANYMORE.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT
WOULD HAVE ASKED HOW HE WOULD HAVE PLAYED OUT IF AMAZON
CONTINUED TO RESIST AND THE DEFENDANTS CONTINUE TO
RESIST, BECAUSE THERE IS A PRIVACY SITUATION HERE.
GIANT PRIVACY SITUATION, I'M 100% ON AMAZON'S SITE HERE.
IF YOU ARE WONDERING, IS THE ECHO ALWAYS ON?
YES AND NO.
THERE IS A STORY ABOUT WIKILEAKS AND THE CIA IN TODAY'S NEWS
THAT I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT IN A SECOND THAT IS VERY
RELEVANT TO THIS.
IN THIS CASE, THE GUARDIAN EXPLAINS THAT THE ñ
THAT DESPITE THE ECHOES ALWAYS ON MICROPHONES, THE
MAJORITY OF RECORDINGS IT MAKES ARE NOT TRANSMITTED TO AMAZON.
ONLY RECORDINGS MADE AFTER THE DEVICE HEARS ITS WAKE WORD,
SUCH AS ALEXA, OR ECHO, TURNS IT ON AND SENDS THE RECORDINGS.
THAT'S HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK, BUT THE REASON THE
PROSECUTORS WANT TO THE RECORDINGS ANYWAYS IS THAT OFTEN
TIMES ECHO CONFUSES SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID OR DIDN'T SAY, ANY
SOUND, FOR ALEXA OR ECHO OR COMPUTER, AND IT TURNS ON
AND STARTS TO SEND IT TO AMAZON.
OKAY?
IT'S ALWAYS ON ANYWAY, THE QUESTION IS, IS IT SENDING
IT TO AMAZON?
THE THIRD QUESTION WE GET FROM AN UNRELATED STORY IN THE NEWS
TODAY IS THAT WIKILEAKS REVEALS THAT THE CIA HAS BEEN LISTENING
IN ON US THROUGH OUR PHONES, OUR CARS AND OUR TVS, AND THEY
ARE USING THAT, WHETHER THE TV IS ON OR NOT ON.
IT'S BASICALLY A BUG IN ALL OF OUR HOMES IF YOU OWN A
SMART TV, AND THOSE OTHER DEVICES.
AND THEY FOUND A WAY, IN THE CASE OF THE PHONES, TO CAPTURE
THE TEXT MESSAGES OR THE VOICE RECORDINGS BEFORE THE COMPANIES
EVEN ENCRYPT THEM.
SO WE ARE ALL STARTED BY THIS TECHNOLOGY THAT IS
RECORDING AT ALL TIMES.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, DO I WANT TO DEFEND THIS GUY?
THAT'S WHY I'M NOT A DEFENSE LAWYER, HIS EXCUSE SOUNDS
PREPOSTEROUS.
LIKE, MAYBE A GUY HAPPENED TO COME INTO MY HOUSE, SLIP
AND FALL INTO A BODY OF WATER IN MY BATHTUB.
YEAH, THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
I MEAN, DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A VERY CONVINCING DEFENSE IF YOU ASKED
ME, BUT I DON'T ñ IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HIM, IT'S ABOUT ALL OF US.
I DON'T WANT THEM STEALING OUR PRIVACY, THAT'S ANOTHER
KIND OF CRIME, AND THEY ARE DOING IT ON A MASS SCALE.
LOOK AT THIS STORY, THE SMART WATER METER, THEY SAID IT'S
TO HELP YOU BUT IT'S MEASURING HOW MUCH WATER YOU USE IN
EVERY CASE, AND THEN THEY USE THAT AS WILDLY SPECULATIVE
EVIDENCE AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW.
THAT'S RIGHT, AND I THINK THAT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM HERE IS THAT
TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO ADVANCE, YET WE DON'T HAVE THE NECESSARY
COURT RULINGS PRECEDENTS, OR AT LEAST LAWS IN PLACE TO PROTECT
OUR PRIVACY AS THESE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES GET DEVELOPED.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW, DO I HAVE MUCH FAITH IN CONGRESS
TODAY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ISSUE?
NOT REALLY.
AND SO, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE HOW THIS WOULD HAVE PLAYED
OUT IF THE COURTS HAD GOT INVOLVED AND HAD TO DECIDE THE
CONSTITUTIONALITY IF AMAZON HAD BEEN FORCED TO HAND OVER
THIS TYPE OF DATA.
YEAH, AND I VOTE NO.
AND IT'S PAINFUL IN MURDER CASES, I GET THAT, BUT THERE ARE
OTHER WAYS TO PREVENT OR PROVE ñ
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO SOLVE MURDER CASES.
WE USED TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE MURDER CASES WITHOUT WIRETAPS.
SO I VOTE NO, NO NO NO.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
REMEMBER, IN THE OLD DAYS, TO LISTEN IN ON SOMEBODY AND
VIOLATE THEIR PRIVACY WAS CONSIDERED A BIG DEAL.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET A WARRANT.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO COURT AND SHOW A TON OF EVIDENCE
TO SHOW THAT THIS LIKELY DID IT, SO THAT YOU CAN GET MORE
EVIDENCE THROUGH A WIRETAP.
NOW THEY ARE WIRETAPPING ALL OF US WITHOUT ANY WARRANTS, WHICH
BY THE WAY IS ALSO UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
THINK ABOUT IT IN THESE TERMS: WE HAVE VARIOUS RED STATES HERE
THAT ALLOW YOU TO SHOOT SOMEONE SICKLY BECAUSE THEY CAME ONTO
YOUR PROPERTY.
RIGHT?
CASTLE DOCTRINE, CASTLE LAWS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IN THIS CASE, WE ARE ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING THE GOVERNMENT TO
INVADE OUR HOMES WILLY-NILLY.
YEAH, IF YOU DON'T LIKE BIG GOVERNMENT, BIG GOVERNMENT
JUST BECAME BIG BROTHER.
IF YOU ARE CONSERVATIVE, LIBERAL OR LIBERTARIAN, IT DOESN'T
MATTER, NOBODY SHOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
AGREED.
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