Pentagon Cancels $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Deal Awarded To Microsoft
By Tyler Durden The Department of Defense on Tuesday announced the cancellation of a $10 billion ‘JEDI’ cloud services contract awarded to Microsoft in 2019,…
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Concerned about Cybersecurity and Privacy? Deleting Data from Alexa, Echo, Smart Home/IoT Devices Isn’t Easy
By B.N. Frank Privacy and security experts have been warning for many years about risks associated with all Internet of Things (IoT), “Smart”, and wireless…
Amazon Uses Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Algorithms to Fire Workers
By B.N. Frank Warnings about Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and robots replacing human jobs are nothing new (see 1, 2, 3). Complaints about algorithm inaccuracies and…
Understanding Amazon Sidewalk
By Jon Callas Just before the long weekend at the end of May, Amazon announced the release of their Sidewalk mesh network. There are many…
Emails from 2016 Show Amazon Ring’s Hold on the LAPD Through Camera Giveaways
By Matthew Guariglia and Karen Gullo In March 2016, “smart” doorbell camera maker Ring was a growing company attempting to market its wireless smart security…
Now Is Your Last Chance To Opt-Out Of Amazon Sidewalk
By Tyler Durden Amazon Sidewalk, the company’s new shared mesh network that helps devices like Amazon Echo devices, Ring Security Cams, outdoor lights, motion sensors,…
As US Faces Record Unemployment, Homelessness—Senate Preps $10 Billion Bailout for Jeff Bezos
By Matt Agorist As the rest of the country struggled to pay their mortgages, had their businesses shut down, and descended into poverty, COVID-19 for…
More on Privacy and Security Risks with Amazon Sidewalk; Echo, Ring, Other Devices Automatically “Opted Into” Program
By B.N. Frank Last September, Activist Post reported about privacy and security warnings in re Amazon Sidewalk technology. Additional information was recently published about how…
Court Battle With Amazon May Force Pentagon To Scrap “JEDI” Cloud-Computing Program
By Tyler Durden Has Jeff Bezos overpowered the Pentagon with legal firepower? Amazon’s legal battle with the Pentagon over its decision to grant its $10…
Massive Amazon Fake Review Scam Exposed In Data Breach
By Tyler Durden Amazon has spent years rooting out fake reviews and other seller scams from its e-commerce platform. But the latest discovery from security researchers at SafetyDetectives found…
Amazon Delivery Drivers Forced to Sign “Biometric Consent” Form or Lose Job
By Lauren Kaori Gurley Amazon delivery drivers nationwide have to sign a “biometric consent” form this week that grants the tech behemoth permission to use…
Warnings of Growing “Surveillance Empire” as AI Van Cameras Give Amazon “Roaming Eyes in Every Neighborhood”
By Brett Wilkins In what one leading digital rights advocate is calling “the largest expansion of corporate surveillance in human history,” Amazon has begun installing…
Bezos Replacement Andy Jassy Heads Amazon Division Accused of “Removing Free Speech Off The Internet”
By PFW News Jeff Bezos replacement Andy Jassy currently heads the cloud computing division of Amazon that made the controversial decision to ban the Parler…
Amazon Ring’s End-to-End Encryption: What it Means
By Matthew Guariglia, Erica Portnoy, and Bill Budington Almost one year after EFF called on Amazon’s surveillance doorbell company Ring to encrypt footage end-to-end, it…