voice assistant such as Alexa and Siri as well as Internet-enabled TVs, and refrigerators could soon play an important role in the investigation. The Minister of the interior, plan, digital traces to be admitted into evidence.

The Minister of the interior of Union and SPD want the so-called digital traces in the area of Smart Home – for example, recordings of voice assistant – as evidence in court. A corresponding resolution proposal formulated by the Ministry of the interior of Schleswig-Holstein for the conference of interior Ministers (IMK), which takes place next week in Kiel.