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09/05/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Which evil corporation is more dangerous: Google or Amazon?

Tech giants get a lot of flak these days. Their successes might be admired by entrepreneurs around the world and studied by business students for generations to come, but their immense power puts them in a position that makes a lot of people uncomfortable, and they’ve already abused that power in a lot of disturbing […]

05/29/2018 / By Jayson Veley

Amazon devices RECORD your private conversations and surreptitiously send them to others

In yet another example of how technology can at times work against our best interests, a family in Portland felt compelled to contact Amazon recently after a private conversation was recorded by the voice-controlled smart speaker “Alexa” and subsequently sent out to a random person living in Seattle. “My husband and I would joke and […]

03/26/2018 / By Jayson Veley

Amazon has quietly decided to start photographing your home each time they make a delivery

Imagine checking your email and finding a picture of your front porch taken by someone that you have never met or even interacted with – a complete stranger. While this may sound like the plot line of a horror film straight out of Hollywood, the reality is that it’s not; it’s actually something that Amazon […]

02/27/2018 / By David Williams

Amazon’s new Key device already hacked by security researchers, highlighting security flaws

Online retail giant Amazon has a unique new delivery service feature that allows delivery guys to open locked doors, leave packages inside people’s homes, and leave after locking the door again behind them. This is called Amazon Key, and it’s a service that is now a hot topic in the security industry as one researcher […]

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 […]

02/17/2018 / By Mike Adams

Amazon charged with 4,000 counts of selling illegal pesticides

Amazon.com, founded by Jeff Bezos — the current owner of the Washington Post — has been caught committing nearly 4,000 counts of selling illegal pesticides. The EPA spearheaded the investigation that revealed Amazon to be profiting from the sales of toxic, deadly substances that directly threaten the health of children. No criminal charges have yet […]

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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