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Consent to being surveilled or risk getting fired, says Amazon
Remember the AI cameras Amazon said it was going to install in its delivery vans to, erm, monitor their driving behaviour? The company is now deploying them and has asked tens of thousands of its employees to consent to being biometrically surveilled.
The e-commerce giant, however, isn't really giving them much of a choice. They have to agree or they can't drive the vans at all. In short, they have to suck it up or they lose their jobs. Referring to its AI-powered cameras, Amazon said: "This technology may create Biometric Information, and collect, store, and use Biometric Information from such photographs," Vice reported.
The drivers also have to agree to Amazon potentially storing the data for up to 30 days after it was collected. Some have refused and given up their jobs. The cameras developed by Netradyne are running machine learning software to detect 16 different types of behaviour, including everything from failing to brake at a stop sign, or speeding, to not wearing a seat belt or if the camera is obstructed.
See also: Amazon ditching plans to monitor delivery drivers for mask wearing
Amazon has dropped plans to use in-vehicle cameras to record which delivery service provider (DSP) drivers are wearing masks. [...] Amazon plans to use the in-vehicle cameras to monitor safe driving behaviors, including distracted driving. In a recent training video, however, the company added mask wearing as one of the behaviors it would monitor, The Information reported.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday March 29 2021, @11:19PM (2 children)
And they're getting an awful lot of cheap Mexicans streaming through our borders. It appears that Amazon is going toward the "Jew-run" model, with Jewish executives making the most money while the factory workers don't even know English and factory bosses barely know Spanish. Amazon might be evil, but to their credit they're way better and more efficient getting stuff, even groceries, delivered to your doorstep.
Soon, after they purge the unionist rabblerousers, they will bring in cheap Mexicans by the truckload, and then they're gonna have the customer satisfaction of UPS and FedEx. Smashed packages, missing packages, claiming you received your packages they lost, a cruelly inefficient customer tracking system in which the truck with your package will drive by your house 5 times a day before actually dropping it off at 9pm after you've been waiting on the porch all day.
And who is going to complain about CIA Amazon? Even the most pro-worker politicians have no choice but to bitch themselves up while Amazon smirks, rolls their eyes, and lies through their teeth at our so-called "government." Tangentially, if our politicians want to look like they're in charge, they should likewise sack the fuck up against Zuckerjew, Dopehead Dorsey, and that wormy shitbag Sundar "Pinching the Loaf" Pichai. Everytime our congressmen call them on the carpet, it's still more eye-rolling along with more Strzok-style smirking and blatant lies.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 29 2021, @11:49PM
Pooped out another loaf too toxic to even convert to fertilizer.
(Score: 3, Touché) by PartTimeZombie on Monday March 29 2021, @11:50PM
Poor Ethanol-fueled, too stupid to figure out who his real enemy is.