And people worry about authoritarian Chinese surveillance. In US we do it in the name of freedom democracy human rights and rules of law.

And people worry about authoritarian Chinese surveillance. In US we do it in the name of freedom democracy human rights and rules of law. 人們擔心中國專制的監視。 在美國,我們以自由民主人權和法治的名義監視美國人民.

Amazon collects data on consumers through its Alexa voice assistant, its e-commerce marketplace, Kindle e-readers, Audible audiobooks, its video and music platforms, home-security cameras and fitness trackers. Alexa-enabled devices make recordings inside people’s homes, and Ring security cameras capture every visitor.

Such information can reveal a person’s height, weight and health; their ethnicity (via clues contained in voice data) and political leanings; their reading and buying habits; their whereabouts on any given day, and sometimes whom they have met.

One reporter’s dossier revealed that Amazon had collected more than 90,000 Alexa recordings of family members between December 2017 and June 2021 – averaging about 70 daily. The recordings included details such as the names of the reporter’s young children and their favorite songs.

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