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09/07/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Google, Facebook and Amazon are just extensions of the surveillance state; dangerous mafia heads of a fascist corporate regime

With so much focus on the rampant spying and censorship crimes of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, and other major social media platforms in recent days, many people are overlooking perhaps the most pernicious threat of all: Jeff Bezos’ Amazon empire. That’s because the trail of free market destruction being left in the wake of Amazon’s […]

02/21/2018 / By Zoey Sky

That didn’t take long: Children who use smart assistants like Alexa and Siri are foregoing manners altogether

While earlier generations didn’t grow up with smart assistants that made everyday life easier, kids today can simply command Amazon Alexa or Apple’s Siri to answer various questions. But this convenience comes at a cost, and these smart assistants “are causing young people today to forget their manners when talking to other people.” Childwise, a “leading […]

07/29/2017 / By Jayson Veley

Amazon may allow software developers to read your private Alexa transcripts

Could you imagine living in a country that made technological advancements that weren’t at the expense of your individual right to privacy? What would it be like if the Fourth Amendment was actually respected, and each new idea for an invention started off with the simple question, “Is this going to infringe on the privacy […]

05/26/2017 / By Tracey Watson

STUPID TECH on parade as company releases bluetooth-connected salt shaker controlled by Amazon Alexa… is this really necessary?

While most of us can probably appreciate the value of being able to ask Alexa to tell us what the capital city of Uzbekistan is, or getting her to read us the newspaper while we lie on the couch, the idea that the process of putting salt on your chicken needs technical assistance just seems […]

01/17/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Proof that Amazon devices are spies in your own home: Alexa automatically orders product after “hearing” audio in private homes

A six-year-old girl from Dallas, Texas, became one happy little lady recently after her family’s Amazon Echo, an always-listening speaker device that’s gradually being implemented into thousands of consumer electronic products, responded to a simple voice command she made and ordered her both a tin of shortbread cookies and a large dollhouse — both of […]

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