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Reading a book on a Kindle sends Amazon a lot of data about reading habits. How fast pages are turned, font sizes and views, and device details.
Hey Alexa, stop listening to my client’s information.
So, you own or are thinking of buying a Ring camera. This post outlines a list of privacy and civil liberties concerns we have with Amazon’s Ring system so that you can be a more informed consumer, or—if you already own a Ring camera—be a more considerate neighbor. If You’re Thinking of Buying...
Amazon's new Sidewalk protocol and Apple's experiments with ultra-wideband signal a new battleground that gets Amazon out of the house and Apple inside it
Two lawsuits are seeking class-action status, alleging that Amazon records children and stores their voiceprints indefinitely.
Sometimes it’s worth pausing to ask the simplest questions.
A patent filing from Amazon considers Alexa gaining awareness of your emotional and physical state.
Emails Show How Amazon is Selling Facial Recognition System to Law Enforcement | ACLU of Northern CA
Today the American Civil Liberties Union Foundations of California released emails between Amazon employees and local law enforcement revealing how the company has been pushing its facial re
Concerns that surveillance technology could be used to target activists, immigrants and people of colour
A Portland family contacted Amazon to investigate after they say a private conversation in their home was recorded by Amazon's Alexa -- the voice-controlled smart speaker -- and that the recorded audio was sent to the phone of a random person in Seattle, who was in the family’s contact list.
The suspect in a murder case consents to Amazon sharing audio fragments possibly recorded on an Echo device.