(CNN) Amazon, go ahead and hand over the recordings in that murder case. A prosecutor had sought recordings from the defendant's Amazon Echo smart speaker as evidence in the case, a request the online retailer had rebuffed. According to Amazon, Echo works by constantly listening for the "wake word" -- "Alexa" or "Amazon," by default -- and then records your voice and transfers it to a processor for analysis so that it can fulfill requests or answer questions. The caseThe Amazon Echo is always listening for its wake word. The Amazon Echo became a subject of the November 2015 murder case because someone present on the night of the death recalled hearing music streaming through the device, prosecutors say.

Source: CNN March 07, 2017 16:52 UTC