Amazon is paying nearly $30M to users of Ring surveillance cameras and Alexa devices as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations of privacy violations. NBC’s Danny Cevallos reports.
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trackings kids … of course bezos and clintone
Goodle needs to be investigated too, my bfs g-home/nest activates when it shouldn’t 🫣 so creeepy
25 million? AMZN makes that in seconds. Stop buy products that spy on you in your homes. It’s the only way to take a stand, congress takes bribes from big tech and won’t protect citizens
So how do we get in on this?
These are pennies compared to what the data they took and sold , pennies
Knew about this before they were even introduced to the market. Never trust big tech!!
Even the Rumba vacuums
If your that mad go take out Bezos
RICO charges are in order
The ones really affected will receive nothing from this
Lies these companies work directly with the NSA. Its a Trojan horse disguised as a independent corporation.
30 million per household!
drop in the bucket
So Amazon are terrorists? Nobody saw that coming?
They wouldn’t be paying for “MAYBE”. NBC 🤡show
I am amazed at how these settlements aren’t going to the people violated.
That’s it? You know the people responsible for this were saying “we’ll just pay the fine” while they were breaking the law. $30MM is nothing to these companies.
🤔 hmmm
That’s because it china owed or he,s in bed with china, they been doing this a long time shut these things down now
Yea deleting what goid is that now china,s already has it for a long time
Plus they,ve had enough time to down load this information on us to another system. Wise up people
Over 800,000 children go missing every year in the United States with Fredricksburg VA. 5x the national average (directly beside Washington D.C.). Question is, who is amazon and these tech companies tracking people FOR. These lawsuits are just the government getting their share of the profit, only AFTER thousands or millions Americans have been poisoned, ripped off, sickened, impoverished, left homeless and/or killed for profit/control. If you work for government or a fortune 500, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM. You can’t work there unless you are 1000% apathetic to the larger price society is paying for your labor. The Universities do the filtering before these folks are allowed the piece the paper that gets them the job to begin with. It all starts with the children. Military for the poor and University for the rich, Officers and Fraternities. The indoctrination has been perfected on both fronts. No matter the club, NGO, Foundation, Lodge or Secret Society, they are each a brick that contributes/bows to the pyramid of power. With the capstone hidden from sight. From tech companies to hog farmers, they now control and own it all. Of course your children are on their menu.
If people think these devices aren’t listening to them, I ask them this; if it’s not listening to you how does it react to you calling out it’s name to activate it?
These devices are listening to you. Everyday. Every second. They’re gathering info on you.
Think I’m wrong?
Talk about getting something specific while near yours phone, home smart speaker system, security camera doorbell, and see how long it takes to get ads in your email for that, and similarly related, products.
I thought our wise and benevolent leaders wanted us to worry about TikTok, not Amazon.
I stopped using my Alexa about four-and-a-half months ago because it kept doing things without me talking to it so got a little concerned so I just unplugged it and it’s just sitting on the countertop or normally so it’s not connected
This is what people get for embracing any new thing that comes along! How about technology developing things to vote electronically? Then again, America is full of criminals, that would be corrupted in time!
Am i getting a check or what who TF is the FTC and why are they getting paid when we are the victims 🤔
That’s like $30 bucks to them
Can i sue amazon
is that how some jan 6 insurrectionists are busted?
This is why I don’t use Amazon products
Not everybody has them. Only tools
I don’t understand why the gine goes to government and not the customers who were compromised
I mean who doesn’t know that if you have cameras in your home that feed to the cloud
other people can access it and your cameras? That’s why I don’t have one in my bedroom
or bathroom.
Lol! Many are like yeah we showed them who is boss. 30 million$ settlement.
Meanwhile amazon be like ☕
Settlements put it behind you? 😂 please 🙄
Who is getting this money…
nooooooo, I never would have imagined
It’s probably worth it
America is a thief 🙄
Ukraine ehhh? 🤔
This is not the first time, nor will it be the last time Alexa invades peoples privacy. This settlement changes nothing.
This is new to people? When they announced the Echo Dot, I knew they’d be listening to everyone/everything
This is why I use push to talk for my AI assistants. I don’t like having a mic listening 24/7 for “Hey [assistant]” and activating “accidentally”. And no way am I putting a camera in my bedroom!
It’s worse when the person doing the spying is an actual stalker and someone you know and using all the information they are watching to sell online and show off with in person. Oh and then running to the police claiming you are stalking them. Psychopaths.
Most people are just really obtuse or really naive it’s not a settlement it’s the cost of doing business you make billions & you pay a few million it’s like making $100 but you have to pay $3 if you get caught
30 million dollars isn’t crap to Amazon.
Don’t use or own Alexa/Ring. And I never plan to.
WHERE’S MY MONEY?!?!
Yay I’ll be getting $8 as part of them settlement
What took so long?? You put microphones and cameras all up in your life and there is NO SUCH THING as privacy.
Take that jeff bozos
Get ready for your $11.15 pay check 😂😂😂
People using ring doorbell camera indoors is dumb they make other cameras that are probably cheaper and meant to be indoors
Y’all on the news simping over money “maybe “
Data collection you paid for.. Now think about all of it you gave away to Facebook 😂
Deniro, Seinfeld all covered there mouths when talking….you should do the same 😅
Well you kno what they say. What u don’t know wont hurt you 😂😂😂
Kinda like tiktok and other social media platforms but nobody seems to mind 😂 clowns
Everyone who thought these were actually safe deserves to find out the hard way. ANYTHING that must be “online” to function is trouble 100%. NOTHING is private ESPECIALLY if it’s online. While we all deserve our privacy, you have to be straight stupid to think these recording devices are ever safe. As long as you use these you can count on someone out there accessing it. By the way, Amazon is that company that will fire their employees with zero warning in the middle of a shift via TEXT MESSAGE. Let that sink in. This company is so big they definitely do not care about any ONE person.
This is the beginning
This is why I want a good old fashioned security camera connected only to a VCR, with no connection to the internet or Wi-Fi in any way. EVERYTHING connected to the internet or Wi-Fi can be hacked. You have sacrificed privacy for convenience and let them tell you pretty lies about it.
*that’s what happens when your try & stay with “the times” & the latest technology ..you have NO privacy*
30 mill😂😂😂😂 drop in the ocean
People were warned about Alexa a long time ago. It was all over the news and everything how it tracks and sends your conversations, etc. And they still didn’t care. So why should Amazon have to pay hard headed people.
No YoU DoN’t SaY 😵💫😵💫😵💫
I do not feel bad for the idiots who actually installed these automated recording devices around their homes. They are clearly to stupid to have privacy.
30 million? Omg what will they do without 0.00000000000001% of they’re money? They’ll collapse.
Where is the $30M going? Not to the injured parties. Will we know when Amazon and Ring has paid the settlement and finished fixing the issues?
Not 1 mention of you being watched on your phone’s…
All cameras well all the ones that i am aware of are covered with tape…..
WoW what if their are cameras on our devices that we don’t know about ?
Random thought 😮
Chump Change
Total b******* Amazon is not going to pay a penny unless there’s somebody in a boardroom acknowledging accountability. They’re big enough to bankrupt their accusers and drag it out till the end of time if they’re settling they know they’re guilty
Sad isn’t it those were meant for safety at home but gets turned into creepy things in your house
A quick google search shows that Amazon is worth 460.98 billion… this 30 million fine is just a part of business for them. Nothing will change.
One reason I will never have cameras in my house!
That’s why you should not buy any home security system that is dependent upon some company’s cloud. That way you have full control over who has access to your home surveillance footage, you can delete it fully and permanently at any time and you don’t have to pay any annoying subscription service to use the equipment you already purchased. Not to mention that if a company stops supporting their cloud bound home security system, the whole thing turns into a very expensive paperweight.
Amazon should pay their employees
Don’t Buy This Crap, they’ll keep doing it as long as they can. they’re liars and we all know it.
Not at all surprising.
Wouldn’t need a ring doorbell if you just took your lazyass to the store
Bahhhh we’ll pay but keep spying on you.
🤔So basically the statement provided by ring and Alexa Corporation is they were blackmailed for a bunch of money and they just paid them off!!
Because they were being forced and pressured and bullied to do so!!!
They had no choice so they’re the victim here is that what i am hearing?? Sounds Indubitably not provable, and now what they will just stop and not do it again, or any anymore?? 🙄🙄🙄🤨🤨🤨
$30 mill to Amazon is like what I tip the pizza guy!!! 🥱🥴🤣🤣🤣
If you don’t want someone viewing you, do NOT connect to the internet… simple!
I knew it was a bad idea years ago …….. now look the light is finally shining on Amazon
Corporate monopolies getting slaps on the wrist. What’s new?
If a citizen did this they’d be jailed
so who’s getting that money
How do i apply for my cut
Don’t be ignorant – if you’ve let these divices into your homes, you don’t care about privacy. You’ve sold it for convenience.
They need to quit issuing fines and actually do something to these companies. (Like idk… Maybe shut them down)
BAHAHAHAH 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Time to breakupdissolve amazon 👁
Folks were running there mouths about Eufy security cameras transgressions when ring was apparently engaging in something 3 times worst.
Since amazon can afford It it should have been 2 – 5 billion dollars in fines with the money shared out to all ring owners.
What about me. I don’t own one but my neighbors do. People are violating my privacy when I am in my own yard and this is pointed my way. These need to be outlawed. I do not consent
Good, where do I get my money?
how do i get my mony
Most be nice to be able to afford that 💩😐
Amazon 👎👎
Absolute BS, this should be hundreds of millions or billions, not the pennies they paid. We trusted them with our privacy. The workers that illegally accessed our information should be in jail.