Big Tech is watching you. #Amazon is being sued for allegedly secretly tracking consumers through their cellphones. This lawsuit raises serious concerns about privacy, consent, and the targeting of marginalized communities. Here’s what you need to know: www.reuters.com/legal/lawsui... - ThreadSky

stopspyingny.bsky.social • 8 days ago

Big Tech is watching you. #Amazon is being sued for allegedly secretly tracking consumers through their cellphones. This lawsuit raises serious concerns about privacy, consent, and the targeting of marginalized communities. Here’s what you need to know:
https://www.reuters.com/legal/lawsuit-accuses-amazon-secretly-tracking-consumers-through-cellphones-2025-01-29/

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investinthefuture.bsky.social•3 days ago

Why do you think they’re offshoring now? Too many leaks in the USA.

zp39a.bsky.social•8 days ago

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stopspyingny.bsky.social•8 days ago

Amazon’s SDKs allegedly collect vast amounts of precise geolocation data without user knowledge, tracking where users live, work, shop, and more. #LocationTracking #DataCollection #Amazon

stopspyingny.bsky.social•8 days ago

While users may have agreed to location services for the apps using the SDKs, they did not grant #Amazon access to this data. There was no opt-out, and the data collection was hidden. #PrivacyRights

stopspyingny.bsky.social•8 days ago

The lawsuit references an MIT study showing that 11 data points can pinpoint individuals, highlighting the risk that Amazon’s data collection isn’t anonymized. This makes the surveillance deeply invasive, as it could easily identify anyone tracked.
https://cybernews.com/privacy/amazon-lawsuit-collecting-consumers-sensitive-location-data/

stopspyingny.bsky.social•8 days ago

This is especially alarming as Silicon Valley leaders, like Bezos, increasingly fall in line with Trump and his policies criminalizing abortion, gender-affirming care, and protesters, increasing the potential for such data to be weaponized against vulnerable groups. #JeffBezos #Trump

stopspyingny.bsky.social•8 days ago

To fight back against invasive geolocation tracking, S.T.O.P. is a lead advocate of legislation to ban geofence warrants in New York State. Learn more about the bill here: https://www.stopspying.org/location-tracking

goldentreebe.bsky.social•6 days ago

Alot of that is in the terms of service, which people feel they do no have to read.

ibewavy.bsky.social•4 days ago

greenflower68.bsky.social•4 days ago

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