Amazon ‘cutewashes’ surveillance with its new Ring doorbell TV show
For a “normal” company, having a TV series with your product as the star would be an impossible dream. But Amazon is not a normal company. The latest evidence that…
Amazon’s One-Stop Shop for Identity Thieves
Imagine if a budding identity thief had a free, user-friendly, publicly searchable database that contained the name, location, date of birth, and mother’s maiden name of millions of people. Enter…
With Ring, Amazon is building a smart city that should worry us all
Ring has now partnered with more than 400 law enforcement agencies in the US. As a result, data can be shared between the two groups, raising concerns around the transparency…
The 5 Tech Giants you Hate to Love
NPR "Fresh Air" Interview with New York Times Technology Columnist Farhad Manjoo on the "Frightful 5". Manjoo discusses how Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, and Google are companies we all rely…