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Amazon worker chat app censors certain words

Plans for an app for Amazon workers show the censorship of certain keywords in an aim to prevent any communication between workers emphasizing the creation of unions and other topics which would not be beneficial from the perspective of the company. source: https://theintercept.com/2022/04/04/amazon-union-living-wage-restrooms-chat-app/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2022/04/04/amazon-worker-chat-app-censors-certain-words-archived-source/
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Amazon worker chat app censors certain words – archived source

LEAKED: NEW AMAZON WORKER CHAT APP WOULD BAN WORDS LIKE “UNION,” “RESTROOMS,” “PAY RAISE,” AND “PLANTATION” Also: “Grievance,” “slave labor,” “This is dumb,” “living wage,” “diversity,” “vaccine,” and others. Ken Klippenstein – April 4 2022, 9:27 p.m. AMAZON WILL BLOCK and flag employee posts on a planned internal messaging app that contain keywords pertaining to labor unions, according to internal […]
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Amazon will monitor workers’ keystrokes to ‘combat data theft’

Amazon plans to monitor the computer systems used by it’s employees extensively, stating the necessity for computer security. In reality the goal is to monitor the employees even more as much as possible. source: https://www.inputmag.com/tech/amazon-will-monitor-workers-keystrokes-to-combat-data-theft-privacy-spying-surveillance archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/08/13/amazon-will-monitor-workers-keystrokes-to-combat-data-theft-archived-source/
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Amazon will monitor workers’ keystrokes to ‘combat data theft’ – archived source

Amazon will monitor workers’ keystrokes to ‘combat data theft’ Tom Maxwell – 8.13.2021 2:54 PM The company defends the decision citing instances when hackers or imposters might have accessed a worker’s account to steal customer information. Amazon will monitor the keyboard and mouse movements of its customer service employees in an effort to thwart imposters […]
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Amazon devices automatically share Internet with neighbors

Amazon planned a change to their series of home devices which will share their respective internet connectivity. This change is done without the consent of the many users of these devices and shows the company does not care about their end users privacy or consent. source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/amazon-devices-will-soon-automatically-share-your-internet-with-neighbors/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/05/29/amazon-devices-automatically-share-internet-with-neighbors-archived-source/
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Amazon devices automatically share Internet with neighbors – archived source

Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors Amazon’s experimental wireless mesh networking turns users into guinea pigs. DAN GOODIN – 5/29/2021, 9:10 PM If you use Alexa, Echo, or many other Amazon devices, you have only 10 days until you’re opted in to an experiment that leaves your personal privacy and security hanging in […]
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Amazon ring used by police

The police force in Los Angeles, USA uses data gathered by Amazon Ring surveillance devices to persecute persons of interest. Another example of a government misusing a product which was not intended for their purposes. source: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/02/lapd-requested-ring-footage-black-lives-matter-protests archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/02/16/amazon-ring-used-by-police-archived-source/
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Amazon ring used by police – archived source

LAPD Requested Ring Footage of Black Lives Matter Protests BY MATTHEW GUARIGLIA AND DAVE MAASS – FEBRUARY 16, 2021 Along with other civil liberties organizations and activists, EFF has long warned that Amazon Ring and other networked home surveillance devices could be used to monitor political activity and protests. Now we have documented proof that our fears were […]
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Google and Amazon want all smart home devices to report every user activity to them – archived source

Your Smart Light Can Tell Amazon and Google When You Go to Bed Matthew Day – Published on 3:30 PM IST, 12 Feb 2019 (Bloomberg) — As Amazon.com Inc. and Google work to place their smart speakers at the center of the internet-connected home, both technology giants are expanding the amount of data they gather about customers […]
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