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An Amazon Echo Can't Call the Police—But Maybe It Should

An Amazon Echo Can't Call the Police—But Maybe It Should

An Amazon Echo Can't Call the Police—But Maybe It Should

Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer

July 18, 20178m 2s

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Show Notes

Despite what you may have heard, an Amazon Echo did not call the police earlier this week, when it heard a husband threatening his wife with a gun in New Mexico. On Monday, news reports took Bernalillo County authorities' version of those events credulously, heralding the home assistant as a hero.

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