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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 […]
10/11/2023
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By Ramon Tomey
Amazon’s Alexa says 2020 elections were STOLEN
Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa is now under the spotlight after claiming that the 2020 elections, which put President Joe Biden into the White House, were stolen from former President Donald Trump. The National Pulse‘s Jake Welch reported on the development, citing an article from the Washington Post (WaPo) – which is also owned by Amazon founder […]
06/16/2023
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By Ethan Huff
Amazon shuts down man’s “smart” home after automated doorbell allegedly committed an act of “racism”
A man by the name of Brandon Jackson was locked out of his so-called “smart home” recently after Amazon shut it all down due to allegedly “racist” statements he made that were picked up by the always-listening spy devices he owns. The Amazon Ring doorbell device locked Jackson out of his own home after the […]
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 […]
10/04/2022
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By Kevin Hughes
Voice assistants Siri and Alexa creating RUDE, ANTISOCIAL children
A researcher warned parents that voice assistants Siri and Alexa are creating rude and antisocial children. Dr. Anmol Arora of the University of Cambridge said children’s interactions with these voice assistant devices at a young age may be a critical factor as to how they will develop later on in life. He wrote in a paper […]
02/04/2022
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By Ethan Huff
A whistleblower who was tortured in a Chinese prison for exposing Amazon’s horrific slave labor operations overseas asks for an apology
A Chinese whistleblower by the name of Tang Mengfing who says he was imprisoned and tortured by the communist regime after exposing Amazon for abusing its employees and treating them like slaves is now asking for an apology. According to reports, Tang spent two miserable years under the heavy boot of oppression for reporting on […]
12/17/2021
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By Ethan Huff
If you are surrounding yourself with appliances, robots and gadgets that depend on the cloud, you are begging for disaster
The recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage is a powerful reminder about the detriments of “smart” technology, which is gone in an instant once the “cloud” goes down. One wonders how many thousands (millions?) of people out there were left without working doorbells, Roomba vacuum cleaners and even refrigerators that normally run on AWS but […]
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 Ethan Huff
Whole Foods to roll out Mark of the Beast biometric palm scanning payment technology across its U.S. stores
The first “Amazon Fresh” grocery store equipped with “Just Walk Out” technology has opened, allowing customers to purchase groceries without having to wait in a long checkout line. The catch is that all customers will be surveilled and tracked using an advanced system of cameras and artificial intelligence (AI). And the eventual goal is 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 […]
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