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05/24/2018 / By Jayson Veley

Bezos the SPY master: Amazon now powering facial recognition surveillance technology for police

It’s time for Americans to stop what they’re doing, have a look around, and ask themselves the following question: Are we still living in the United States of America, or are we living in some kind of science fiction novel where the government knows more about us than we’d like them to know? At times, […]

04/06/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

Amazon patent admits it will listen in real-time for “trigger words” that could get you arrested and imprisoned

An Amazon patent, filed in June 12, 2017, reveals a massive conspiracy to spy on you using a “voice sniffer algorithm.” If approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, this artificial intelligence can be embedded inside Amazon devices, including the Amazon Alexa. The “voice sniffer algorithm” would take advantage of the microphones already built […]

02/27/2018 / By David Williams

Silent spy: Amazon’s Alexa can listen for more than just its name even while in Sleep mode

During the last Super Bowl, Amazon had an ad spot for Alexa, its intelligent voice-based personal assistant. During the spot, Alexa’s name – usually the device’s trigger to go from Sleep mode to Wake mode and await a user’s commands – was uttered some 10 times. Surprisingly, these didn’t trigger the Alexa devices that were sitting in […]

02/15/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Why do they need that? Amazon awarded a patent for ultrasonic wristband that can track employee’s movements

Internet retail behemoth Amazon has been granted two patents for employee-tracking wristband system. Originally filed back in 2016, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published the patents on January 30 of this year. The proposed system would be composed of three elements: a management module to oversee warehouse operations, ultrasonic devices planted around the […]

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