Ring Throws Customers Under the Bus After Data Breach
By Cooper Quintin and Bill Budington Just a week after hackers broke into a Ring camera in a child’s bedroom, taunting the child and sparking…
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Now Hear This: Alexa and Google Home Eavesdropping Hack Remains Unfixed
By B.N. Frank Baby monitors, home assistants, security systems, and other common wireless and “Smart” devices seem to be easy targets for hackers (see 1,…
More Amazon Ring Camera Woes: Hackers Taunt Children and Adults
By B.N. Frank It was only a few weeks ago when Amazon issued a patch to Ring video doorbell users because of severe security flaw. …
Amazon Ring’s Data Maps Surveillance Network; Jeff Bezos Embraces Fascism with Amazon Military Support
By Aaron Kesel Jeff Bezos has embraced fascism, criticizing Silicon Valley for employees of companies like Google who don’t wish to work with the military….
KONE To Put Facial Recognition And Alexa Listening Devices In Elevators
By MassPrivateI The good old days of elevator music being a minor distraction is about change. VentureBeat reports that “elevators of the future will have…
Amazon Ring Doorbell Camera to Build Watchlist of “Suspicious” Neighbors for Police
By John Vibes Ring, the home security system developed by Amazon, is planning to build a database of neighborhood watchlists using facial recognition technology. Documents…
Amazon Issues Patch for Ring Video Doorbell Security Flaw. Estimated 200M+ IoT Products Vulnerable to Hacking.
By B.N. Frank Amazon Ring doorbells are very popular right now for homeowners and their neighborhood police departments. However, Internet of Things (IoT) technology has…
U.S. Lawmakers Demand Amazon Disclose How Ring Stores Data
By Aaron Kesel U.S. lawmakers are demanding that Amazon tell them more about how Ring, Amazon’s surveillance network, is protecting consumer data. They cited the…
Ridiculous Proposal from Now Terminated Committee Asks for Amazon Prime, Food Trucks, and WiFi in National Parks
By B.N. Frank The good news is that the committee who proposed this has been terminated. The bad news is that national parks are still…
New Home “Amazon Experience Centers” Are Really Amazon Home Surveillance Centers
By MassPrivateI For those of you who miss the good old days when government spies used to bug people’s homes, I give you “Amazon Experience…
Amazon Alexa Could Be Used To Prosecute Case In Florida — But Is There Probable Cause?
By Aaron Kesel Police in Florida are investigating whether Alexa can be a witness to a possible murder and are attempting to use the smart…
Amazon Facial Recognition Falsely Identified 27 Pro Athletes As Criminals
By John Vibes Police and government agencies are becoming increasingly reliant on facial recognition software to hunt for suspects, despite the fact that this technology…
DoD Awards Massive ‘JEDI’ Deal To Microsoft Over “Surprised” Amazon (Updated)
By Tyler Durden Update (1950ET): Well that didn’t take long. Bloomberg reports that Amazon is weighing a legal challenge to the decision due to alleged…
CNBC Reports Amazon Is Regularly Selling Expired Baby Food, Beef Jerky, Coffee Primers and More via 3rd Party Vendors
By B.N. Frank No matter where you shop for food – it’s never a bad idea to check the expiration dates before buying it. This…