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12/15/2023
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By Belle Carter
Chilling report: Smart toys pose privacy risk to children and families
The 2023 “Trouble in Toyland” report, which focuses on safety hazards in traditional children’s toys and is annually produced by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), emphasized warning parents of new threats on smart toys that pose a privacy risk to children and families. According to the 38th yearly report, toys with microphones, cameras […]
06/02/2023
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By Arsenio Toledo
THE PRICE OF GUILT: Amazon agrees to pay $30.8 million for violating child privacy laws and other privacy lapses – but denies any wrongdoing
Amazon has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) nearly $31 million to settle allegations of privacy lapses in its Alexa and Ring divisions, as well as accusations of violating child privacy laws by using its products to store kids’ voices and location data. The federal agency filed a lawsuit against Amazon several months ago alleging Amazon’s […]
12/13/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Amazon outage causes chaos, renders many helpless (and even locked out of their own homes) without working smart gadgets
Thousands of people were left without working fridges, Roombas, doorbells and lighting at about 10 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday, Dec. 7, following the outage at Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud-computing arm – showing just how reliant people have become on the company. The outage upended package deliveries and took down major streaming services. Affected services included the voice assistant Alexa […]
09/08/2021
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By Ralph Flores
Lawsuit: Apple, Google recording users without their knowledge
BigTech has long insisted that voice assistance is the next step when it comes to convenience, saying the technology can help people with every little need that pops up. But a new lawsuit challenges that narrative, alleging that voice assistants from Google and Apple listen in on, and even record, conversations — even if they’re not supposed to. […]
06/30/2021
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By Ramon Tomey
Professor warns Big Tech is spying on people through smart doorbells
A professor claimed that different devices people use every day – including smart doorbells – are actually spying on them. University of Oxford professor Carissa Veliz warned that computers, televisions and mobile phones are all collecting people’s data without their consent as soon as they wake up. She added that people are “unwittingly” giving away […]
09/07/2018
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By Ethan Huff
Google, Facebook and Amazon are just extensions of the surveillance state; dangerous mafia heads of a fascist corporate regime
With so much focus on the rampant spying and censorship crimes of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, and other major social media platforms in recent days, many people are overlooking perhaps the most pernicious threat of all: Jeff Bezos’ Amazon empire. That’s because the trail of free market destruction being left in the wake of Amazon’s […]
07/29/2017
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By Jayson Veley
Amazon may allow software developers to read your private Alexa transcripts
Could you imagine living in a country that made technological advancements that weren’t at the expense of your individual right to privacy? What would it be like if the Fourth Amendment was actually respected, and each new idea for an invention started off with the simple question, “Is this going to infringe on the privacy […]
01/17/2017
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By Ethan Huff
Proof that Amazon devices are spies in your own home: Alexa automatically orders product after “hearing” audio in private homes
A six-year-old girl from Dallas, Texas, became one happy little lady recently after her family’s Amazon Echo, an always-listening speaker device that’s gradually being implemented into thousands of consumer electronic products, responded to a simple voice command she made and ordered her both a tin of shortbread cookies and a large dollhouse — both of […]
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