God, how I hate Bezos and Amazon. We can see Bezos's thoughts on sexism by how he covered for Weinstein, but it goes a lot deeper. His company is able to do a lot more to help in trafficking with all their shipping operations. I propose there will be other up and coming problems for Bezos regarding the sex trafficking than just his employees being charged. High level Amazon directors shows that possibly it could go a lot higher, up as high as the Top Dog. Bezos himself. Not Impossible.
Definitely the shipping is problematic as are all his huge warehouses. We know that warehouses are sometimes used in human trafficking. While that hasn't been proven in Bezos' case, it is a reality. And now his CIA connections? I don't know what he's positioning Amazon to be. An octopus with an arm in every industry/sector of business/politics/covert operations?
Has anyone probed his background in how he managed to keep Amazon afloat for all those years while losing money? Whose deep pockets were backing him? And he never seemed worried. He was content to have a business hemorrhaging money ... why? Any other person starting a business would have panicked and not had the funds to sustain the enterprise, but Bezos? Hey, no worries! He was fine with it and now? Now he's poised to be this conglomerate that controls everything. Why people voluntarily buy and install that stupid Alexa in their homes is beyond me! Think I want Bezos spying on my family? Or, if not spying, giving him or other creeps the opportunity to. No way! Throw those Echo things out the window and smash it till it can't function.
I was at a large party over the weekend and there was a child that received an Alexa product for a gift. They plugged it in and it does what you tell it. Turn the music louder, turn light off in the other room, etc. Everyone was enamored with this thing. Except Me. I don't know if that thing can do the spying thing, but it scares me. This child will probably take it home and put it in their room. I made one small comment about how we don't know what will come out on the news about that product and how it will be one of those items that can be hacked into or has a seeing eye in it. Wow. Was I brought down quick. I was accused of being a Conspiracy Monger at best. OK. Just Wait. I agree. Remember when we researched the Alexa product on here. Not good. Not good.
I had the same experience! Everyone, especially the child, thought it was so awesome! It took all o had to keep my mouth shut and tell them all how stupid it is to actually pay for something to spy on your child!
I don't know what to do about this. Now that I know what these are all about, I feel a responsibility. But you and I know that we will be shut down. What to do? I know these people, but not THAT well. Really don't know what is happening to people that they don't see this. I am so ditzy when it comes to tech stuff, but even I get this. These are college educated people. My husband said that some very educated people have the idea that they need to educate us, not the opposite. This is really scary. To Speak or Not To Speak.
Thank you for that info. I truly believe it. I have a feeling that soon there will be parents up in arms due to some pervert idiot hacking into these and getting info on people's kids, etc. There was a case with a doll that had something in her that could let someone outside the house see into the child's bedroom. It was on the news, and not some hidden article. I hope this blows Sky High. @KekistanEmperor
This is my feeling as well. Also, I just don't trust the whole idea of him having the contract for the CIA cloud. How do we know that info is not being shot right up into the clouds? Anyone in bed with the CIA is not up to any good, especially for us. Billionaires are interested in making more money not doing good for us. I remember reading info before that this is not a safe item to have in your home. Thanks for the link, will read.
Correct. They do not work for us. People in this country have been mistaken for decades thinking they are like the NSA or DHS etc. They are not. They are a Rogue Global Org.
NSA is as bad or worse than CIA. Their enitre existance is to put citizens under the microscope, nowhere to run nowhere to hide. Collect all data in the event anybody gets brave enough to make a stand. Then they pull out their data storage and their investigation is done.
oh yes it can definitely do the spying thing, there was a court case ruling a while ago stating that anything these device hear can be used as evidence, which means they are storing everything and its easily retrievable.
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carmencita ago
God, how I hate Bezos and Amazon. We can see Bezos's thoughts on sexism by how he covered for Weinstein, but it goes a lot deeper. His company is able to do a lot more to help in trafficking with all their shipping operations. I propose there will be other up and coming problems for Bezos regarding the sex trafficking than just his employees being charged. High level Amazon directors shows that possibly it could go a lot higher, up as high as the Top Dog. Bezos himself. Not Impossible.
migratorypatterns ago
I'm with you. The guy gives me the creeps.
Definitely the shipping is problematic as are all his huge warehouses. We know that warehouses are sometimes used in human trafficking. While that hasn't been proven in Bezos' case, it is a reality. And now his CIA connections? I don't know what he's positioning Amazon to be. An octopus with an arm in every industry/sector of business/politics/covert operations?
Has anyone probed his background in how he managed to keep Amazon afloat for all those years while losing money? Whose deep pockets were backing him? And he never seemed worried. He was content to have a business hemorrhaging money ... why? Any other person starting a business would have panicked and not had the funds to sustain the enterprise, but Bezos? Hey, no worries! He was fine with it and now? Now he's poised to be this conglomerate that controls everything. Why people voluntarily buy and install that stupid Alexa in their homes is beyond me! Think I want Bezos spying on my family? Or, if not spying, giving him or other creeps the opportunity to. No way! Throw those Echo things out the window and smash it till it can't function.
carmencita ago
I was at a large party over the weekend and there was a child that received an Alexa product for a gift. They plugged it in and it does what you tell it. Turn the music louder, turn light off in the other room, etc. Everyone was enamored with this thing. Except Me. I don't know if that thing can do the spying thing, but it scares me. This child will probably take it home and put it in their room. I made one small comment about how we don't know what will come out on the news about that product and how it will be one of those items that can be hacked into or has a seeing eye in it. Wow. Was I brought down quick. I was accused of being a Conspiracy Monger at best. OK. Just Wait. I agree. Remember when we researched the Alexa product on here. Not good. Not good.
Baichu ago
I can only imagine how many alexa's were bought this Christmas! People are so blatantly ignorant it is mind blowing.
carmencita ago
It is really scaring the heck out of me. The brainwashing of the masses.
Shizy ago
I had the same experience! Everyone, especially the child, thought it was so awesome! It took all o had to keep my mouth shut and tell them all how stupid it is to actually pay for something to spy on your child!
carmencita ago
I don't know what to do about this. Now that I know what these are all about, I feel a responsibility. But you and I know that we will be shut down. What to do? I know these people, but not THAT well. Really don't know what is happening to people that they don't see this. I am so ditzy when it comes to tech stuff, but even I get this. These are college educated people. My husband said that some very educated people have the idea that they need to educate us, not the opposite. This is really scary. To Speak or Not To Speak.
DeathToMasonsASAP ago
It will not be shut down. It will be expanded. Nothing wakes up sheeple, they are sheeple. Cut them lose, they will fight you more than the elite.
Shizy ago
I know what you're saying! If you speak up to those who are asleep you sound nutty. If you keep your mouth shut you feel conflicted and frustrated.
carmencita ago
Yeah, the Old Saying. Darned if you do and Darned if you don't.
Flaaffy ago
Truthing is lonely.
carmencita ago
Yes. It is. Here at home too. Sigh.
tholinz ago
The Alexa is an open microphone in your home. Never forget that, and never let anybody who buys one forget it.
carmencita ago
Thank you for that info. I truly believe it. I have a feeling that soon there will be parents up in arms due to some pervert idiot hacking into these and getting info on people's kids, etc. There was a case with a doll that had something in her that could let someone outside the house see into the child's bedroom. It was on the news, and not some hidden article. I hope this blows Sky High. @KekistanEmperor
KekistanEmperor ago
So is your smartphone and laptop. The IME on every Intel chip is a built in OS available for exploit. Same with the equivalent of IME in AMD chips.
DeathToMasonsASAP ago
"Smart" anything is surveillance
sunshinepines83 ago
S urveillance M asking A ggregation R etention T argeting
Was trying to figure out what "smart" could possibly stand for, came up with this. I like acronyms
*Edit: How the crap do you create a linebreak if you're on mobile and not desktop?? So frustrating...
think- ago
This also sounds more like surveillance (of the user) than providing security:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-25/nsa-whistleblower-snowden-launches-mobile-app-paranoid-people
carmencita ago
This is my feeling as well. Also, I just don't trust the whole idea of him having the contract for the CIA cloud. How do we know that info is not being shot right up into the clouds? Anyone in bed with the CIA is not up to any good, especially for us. Billionaires are interested in making more money not doing good for us. I remember reading info before that this is not a safe item to have in your home. Thanks for the link, will read.
KekistanEmperor ago
Exactly. The CIA is the intel branch of the oligarchs army. They don't work for the American people.
DeathToMasonsASAP ago
Alexa sounds like an NSA toy, but same same.
carmencita ago
Correct. They do not work for us. People in this country have been mistaken for decades thinking they are like the NSA or DHS etc. They are not. They are a Rogue Global Org.
DeathToMasonsASAP ago
NSA is as bad or worse than CIA. Their enitre existance is to put citizens under the microscope, nowhere to run nowhere to hide. Collect all data in the event anybody gets brave enough to make a stand. Then they pull out their data storage and their investigation is done.
carmencita ago
This. And people are fine with that now. Years ago people questioned it all, now they are asleep like sheep.
mrnicegoy ago
oh yes it can definitely do the spying thing, there was a court case ruling a while ago stating that anything these device hear can be used as evidence, which means they are storing everything and its easily retrievable.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/07/tech/amazon-echo-alexa-bentonville-arkansas-murder-case/index.html