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It restores only a minute of storage buffer. the old sound drops off as new sound comes in. the only audio echo stores outside of that buffer, according to amazon, requests triggered with that alexa key word or other defsignated command. kate? >> thank you so much. fascinating. with me now, cnn legal analyst paul vercammen. if youre faced with this case, something similar, would you want the data from the echo? >> if im a prosecutor, yes, i want all. information, because the alexa command when g...

Case is, how concerned do you think people should be that these things are generally calmed always-on technology. these devices. that -- how much theyre gathering, listening, the fact theyre around? how concerned should people be? >> people should be very concerned about their privacy rights. were getting to a point where these electronic devices are all around us and the easiest ones to use are, say, serie, most people are familiar with. say, serie, it acts vats. activates, up to the cloud goes...

Expectation of privacy? and that is why companies like amazon, it is critical they take a very hard stance and oppose any warrants and any subpoenas they team unreasonable or overly broad. >> and of course the question in everybodys mind is should -- how concerned should people be about this type of -- they call it always on, kind of technology. and what we say around it? >> as to this particular technology my understanding is that it mostly listens. it does not record. but we are not far away f...

That case wanted to force apple to unlock that iphone and they resisted. ultimately a third party unlocked the data in that case. these cases present some challenges for big tech companies like amazon and aem. they want to protect their clients, they want their clients to feel there is sense of privacy with respect to the data thats stored on the cloud. and that comes up against law enforcement that says we may need this information to solve a crime like in this murder case in arkansas. and the ...

Heavy duty trucks like the one you see here, to block any attackers trying to drive into the crowd. thats hour terrorists killed dozens of people in attacks in nice, france, this year, and in germany. what else are police saying, rich? >> reporter: this year will be stricter than ever with more officers mark checkpoints, more heavy equipment and a close are scrutiny of the cloud. the most note able will be the sand trucks to create a perimeter that authorities say cant be penetrated by an attack...

Us. the company went on. amazon objects to overbroad or otherwise inappropriate demands as a matter of course. amazon did give police bates subscriber information and authorities have analyzed the information contained on the device itself but believe more echo evidence is stored in the cloud, controlled by amazon. the case calls to mind the mass shooting in san bernardino, california that pitted apple against the fbi as the authorities wanted to access information contained in the locked iphone...

Bates tuattorney says the deat was nothing more than a tragic accident and her client is innocent. he applauds amazons refusing to comply with police demands calling it chilling that. >> chilling that its supposed to help daily lives and now being used against us for an innocent client. >> in a statement amazon replied it could change its lgness saying amazon will not release customer information without a binding legal demand properly served on us. amazon objects to overbroad or otherwise inapp...

And stay there forever unless you proactively delete it. thats what the police are relying on in this case. this incident happened last year in 2015 and they are hoping there are remarks or comments that still record and sitting on a server a year and a half later. who as a matter of course will go on the cloud ask say delete all my transcripts of all my ubers and all the time i asked for the weather? nobody is going to do that. you are seeing the rise of a whole new ecosystem of technologies. y...

This crime. its not going to say colonel mustard did it in the living room with the candlestick. what theyre looking for is maybe a voice snippet of something. it might not even help in the investigation. so thats why amazon is being very, very cautious about this. >> or it could pick me up yelling at my kids in the bathroom. and i yell at alexa, thats even worse. interesting that they store that on the cloud, that extra information. we have to leave it there, tau so much and happy new year. now...

That i am in this particular case -- i have exhausted all of my personal resources proving his innocence again and again and again. >> but what theyre trying to do is novel but its a deep invasion of privacy. >> then you have the other side, the prosecuting attorney argues if you can get a search warrant for someones home, if you can draw someones blood against their will. obtain a warrant for someones cell phone, their computer, then this device shouldnt be any different. lets talk it over with...