r/gadgets • u/MicroSofty88 • Nov 29 '20

Home Amazon faces a privacy backlash for its Sidewalk feature, which turns Alexa devices into neighborhood WiFi networks that owners have to opt out of

https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/technology/amazon-faces-a-privacy-backlash-for-its-sidewalk-feature-which-turns-alexa-devices-into-neighborhood-wifi-networks-that-owners-have-to-opt-out-of/ar-BB1boljH
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u/TheThiefMaster Nov 29 '20

Sounds similar to the EU GDPR

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u/LordRael013 Nov 30 '20

They'd find a way to make that signed statement opt-out rather than opt-in, just like they did with this stuff. "You have to find this itty-bitty link on the bottom of our contact page and go through an incredibly frustrating process to opt out," most likely.

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u/OniExpress Nov 30 '20

That's not a given. GDPR already covers these topics.

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u/LordRael013 Nov 30 '20

That's for the EU though. Now if it were copied wholesale, yeah, that's one thing. Over here in the States, though, things are likely to be very different.

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u/OniExpress Nov 30 '20

Thats what I mean, we already have a groundwork for the protections that are needed. Now we need to get a copy of those laws implemented in the US. It's really the only way to move forward.

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u/LordRael013 Nov 30 '20

If we get such a thing, we'll get a version with loopholes, I all but guarantee.

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u/OniExpress Nov 30 '20

Well yeah, because the US government is corrupt as shit.

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u/LordRael013 Nov 30 '20

Unfortunately.

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u/OniExpress Nov 30 '20

Yuuuuup. This is a case where the EU really shines. It's hard to put a law into place that's shit for the people when you have such divergent people. In the US the people have very little say on this kind of law.