That information would likely be on the device itself, which the police have. However, this is about requests for information over on the Amazon servers - where it would be surprising to find they have anything of significance.
Huh? I haven't heard of the device itself storing any significant amount of data. And if it does, it would likely be somewhat difficult for the police to figure out how to get it.
On the other hand, it's widely documented that Amazon stores recordings on their servers every time the watch word activates. And Amazon provides users an easy interface to listen to those recordings.
> On the other hand, it's widely documented that Amazon stores recordings on their servers every time the watch word activates.
Right. And it doesn't look like that happened. This is some sort of fishing expedition based on the premise that Amazon gets more than just wake-word activated data.
What indication of that is there? My original comments were listing scenarios in which the wake word might have activated.
>based on the premise that Amazon gets more than just wake-word activated data.
I don't see that at all. It seems to me the police are saying "there's a chance the wake word activated, let's check, and if so, get those recordings".
> What indication of that is there? My original comments were listing scenarios in which the wake word might have activated.
And what indication do you have that it has happened?
> I don't see that at all. It seems to me the police are saying "there's a chance the wake word activated, let's check, and if so, get those recordings".
Well, no.
> "The court directs Amazon.com to produce forthwith to the court any recordings made by an Echo smart speaker with Alexa voice command capability, FCC ID number ZWJ-0823, from the period of January 27, 2017 to January 29, 2017, as well as any information identifying cellular devices that were paired to that smart speaker during that time period."
The key information for the police would probably be the device-pairings. It'd be more likely to occur and more helpful in proving the suspect was on-site at the time they're alleging.
My allegations are based on police misunderstanding how the device works.
> Prosecutors believe there are Echo recordings capturing the attack on Sullivan and removal of her body that could be found on the server maintained by Amazon.
... They believe the Echo recorded the entire attack, and then continued recording whilst the body was removed. That's a fair while for the Echo to continue recording after a wake word, especially one that is unlikely to be clear. Especially when, as far as I know, the Echo times out after 10 seconds when not given a valid command.
Unfortunately what you are quoting is text written by a journalist, not a direct quote of a prosecutor. Since journalists often misunderstand everything about the subject of their discourse, there is no way to know what prosecutors are actually hoping to find.
