Amazon just started sharing your internet connection with your neighbors https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2020/12/17/amazons-sidewalk-shares-internet-connection-you-may-want-opt-out/3887227001/
FTC orders Amazon, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok to provide details on personal data, advertising https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/12/14/ftc-asks-amazon-facebook-twitter-tiktok-how-they-use-personal-data/6544417002/
FTC launches sweeping privacy study of top tech platforms https://www.axios.com/scoop-ftc-launches-sweeping-privacy-study-of-top-tech-platforms-345de3ef-f49e-4001-be84-0736b20a2207.html
Amazon’s new health band is the most invasive tech we’ve ever tested https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Amazon-s-new-health-band-is-the-most-invasive-15790598.php
French watchdog fines Google, Amazon for breaching cookies rules https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-google-privacy-france/french-watchdog-fines-google-100-million-euros-for-breaching-cookies-rules-idUKKBN28K0NA
Tech giants may face billions of pounds in fines from new UK watchdog https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/08/tech-giants-may-face-billions-of-pounds-in-fines-from-new-uk-watchdog
Amazon faces a privacy backlash for its Sidewalk feature, which turns Alexa devices into neighborhood WiFi networks that owners have to opt out of https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/technology/amazon-faces-a-privacy-backlash-for-its-sidewalk-feature-which-turns-alexa-devices-into-neighborhood-wifi-networks-that-owners-have-to-opt-out-of/ar-BB1boljH
Walmart-exclusive router and others sold on Amazon & eBay contain hidden backdoors to control devices https://cybernews.com/security/walmart-exclusive-routers-others-made-in-china-contain-backdoors-to-control-devices/
Secret Amazon Reports Expose the Company’s Surveillance of Labor and Environmental Groups https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dp3yn/amazon-leaked-reports-expose-spying-warehouse-workers-labor-union-environmental-groups-social-movements
‘Smart’ doorbells for sale on Amazon, eBay came stocked with security vulnerabilities https://www.cyberscoop.com/smart-doorbells-amazon-ebay-ncc-vulnerabilities/
Alexa can now guess what you want before you even ask for it https://www.zdnet.com/article/alexa-can-now-guess-what-you-want-before-you-even-ask-for-it/
Amazon Partner in China Is Making Facial-Recognition Tech to Track Uighurs https://www.thedailybeast.com/dahua-amazon-partner-in-china-is-making-facial-recognition-tech-to-track-uyghurs
Police Will Pilot a Program to Live-Stream Amazon Ring Cameras https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/police-will-pilot-program-live-stream-amazon-ring-cameras
Amazon refuses to appear before Indian parliamentary panel on data privacy – MP https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-india-privacy/amazon-refuses-to-appear-before-india-panel-on-data-privacy-lawmaker-idUSKBN2781V8