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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: 2) by MIRV888 on Tuesday March 30 2021, @02:59AM (1 child)
Amazon always delivers quick around here, but all the drivers look very unhappy to me. I know they suppressed news about their covid outbreak when it washed through the fulfillment center here, but there's been lots of that going around here.
Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 30 2021, @11:55PM
Nobody who drives for a living (car, truck, etc) is happy given the limited or non-existent access to washrooms because of Covid. On Thursday a co-worker caught some guy taking a dump in front of the cell tower cage. Said he couldn’t hold it any longer, ram off.
5 days later, including a couple of inches of rain, and it’s still there. Massive, no wonder he couldn’t hold it. We’re closed next week for Easter, and they’re calling for more rain, but people looking at it cannot believe it came out of a human.
This is a serious problem. Drivers are refusing free soft drinks or juice because they’re afraid of not being able to relieve themselves on their runs. It’s not just a homeless problem any more.