A deep dive into how Amazon is quietly building surveillance-state infrastructure, and why its stance toward privacy and ethical responsibility should worry us
Will Oremus / OneZero : Tweets: @willoremus , @frankpasquale , @went1955 , @mariojoze , @zacharylerner , @nrouillon , @medium , @willoremus , @willoremus , and @fightfortheftr Tweets: Will Oremus / @willoremus : While Facebook and Google get all the privacy scrutiny, Amazon is quietly building the infrastructure for a truly Orwellian surveillance state. My deep dive into Ring, Rekognition, and why one big tech company seems to get more of a pass than the others. https://onezero.medium.com/... Frank Pasquale / @frankpasquale : “When you put together the pieces, Amazon's cloud-connected eyes and ears can take on an Orwellian dimension that makes Facebook and Google look modest by comparison.” https://onezero.medium.com/... Robert Went / @went1955 : Amazon is watching. One might hope that the last thing Amazon would want to do is develop new technologies that cause harm, but apparently that's of lesser concern to its executives than standing in the way of innovation https://onezero.medium.com/... Mario Aguilar / @mariojoze : An incredible overview of why Amazon, which is one of the most trusted entities in America, should scare the shit out of you https://onezero.medium.com/... pic.twitter.com/476YNqcFxb Zachary Lerner / @zacharylerner : George Orwell could never have imagined the extent of the big brother system @amazon is building and it's horrifying. Like @ewarren said, time to #BreakUpBigTech https://twitter.com/... Charlotte Rouillon / @nrouillon : Gare à Amazon! “While Microsoft is declining to sell face recognition technology to police, and Google isn't selling its face recognition technology at all, Amazon is hawking it to police departments around the country.”.... https://onezero.medium.com/... @medium : Amazon is wiring homes, neighborhoods, and cities with cameras and microphones, and powering the nation's intelligence services. Are we sure we can trust it? @WillOremus reports on the growing surveillance infrastructure being built by the Internet giant. http://read.medium.com/rvClskl Will Oremus / @willoremus : It's remarkable how consistently Amazon execs have downplayed privacy concerns, insisted that surveillance and race recognition technology is value-neutral, and disclaimed any responsibility for its possible misuse to oppress or discriminate. https://onezero.medium.com/... https://twitter.com/... Will Oremus / @willoremus : What Amazon is already doing should worry us. What it's thinking of doing in the years to come is the stuff of dystopian science fiction. https://onezero.medium.com/... https://twitter.com/... @fightfortheftr : Amazon's private surveillance network is slowly but surely eating up the whole world. They're wiring homes, neighborhoods, & cities w/cameras & mics, and powering the nation's intelligence services. If we don't stop it, nothing we do will ever go unseen. https://onezero.medium.com/...