Amazon in its great and infinite wisdom has decided that its customers will be test subjects to improve its Alexa technology.

Amazon is doing this *for the customers* So it's fine. https://t.co/4ekkjeKExx pic.twitter.com/CwKpIZdguQ

— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) October 10, 2019

NEW: Dozens of Amazon workers based in India and Romania review select clips captured by Cloud Cam, according to five people who have worked on the program or have direct knowledge of it https://t.co/8GFjOHYZxw

— Scott Rose (@rprose) October 10, 2019

Amazon workers watch the video from your in-home cameras: "Nowhere in the user terms and conditions does Amazon explicitly tell customers ... The teams have picked up activity homeowners are unlikely to want shared, including people having sex" https://t.co/v41FRxu4EL

— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) October 10, 2019

Amazon workers are looking at Cloud Cam snippets...

“...despite Amazon’s insistence that all the clips are provided voluntarily...the teams have picked up activity homeowners are unlikely to want shared, including rare instances of people having sex. ? https://t.co/pYWwV57gy9

— The (ring door) bell tolls for thee... (@hypervisible) October 10, 2019

I'm old enough to remember five seconds ago, when Amazon executives were saying how much they care about privacy and transparency for users of their devices. https://t.co/lOCNpBDVQ5

— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) October 10, 2019

Cool cool cool yep great awesome fantastic stuff this great cool. https://t.co/7PUnXAXnYu

— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) October 10, 2019

This is baloney: Amazon insists it spies on us by default only to “improve the experience on behalf of the customer.”https://t.co/egVf9yDcvG

AI researchers tell me it’s possible to build out capabilities with less data. But why try when it’s so easy for Amazon to just grab.

— Geoffrey A. Fowler (@geoffreyfowler) October 10, 2019

Amazon in its great and infinite wisdom has decided that its customers will be test subjects to improve its Alexa technology.

Amazon is doing this *for the customers* So it's fine. https://t.co/4ekkjeKExx pic.twitter.com/CwKpIZdguQ

— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) October 10, 2019

But what if I *want* anonymous Romanians to watch me having sex?https://t.co/CgWx2z9FOE

— ɖąɱıąŋ ƈơųŋʂɛƖƖ (@DamCou) October 10, 2019

If the terms of service for your security cameras says that the company can use footage to improve or develop "products and services," that almost definitely means a person is looking at themhttps://t.co/T7KReFuI1K

— Caroline Haskins (@carolineha_) October 10, 2019

I'm old enough to remember five seconds ago, when Amazon executives were saying how much they care about privacy and transparency for users of their devices. https://t.co/lOCNpBDVQ5

— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) October 10, 2019

"Nowhere in the Cloud Cam user terms and conditions does Amazon explicitly tell customers that human beings are training the algorithms behind their motion detection software," write @nat_droz, @turnergs and @turnergs in @technology https://t.co/swx3R67T7F

— Privacy Project (@PrivacyProject) October 10, 2019

Humans train machines w/ our data. Why don’t companies tell us? “despite Amazon’s insistence that all the clips are provided voluntarily...teams have picked up activity homeowners are unlikely to want shared, including rare instances of people having sex.” https://t.co/vkyx2INutz

— Sarah Frier (@sarahfrier) October 10, 2019

Amazon workers in India and Romania may be watching home footage from your Cloud Cam https://t.co/YYWaG16XH6 via @technology

— Nikos Chrysoloras (@nchrysoloras) October 10, 2019

Does it:

a. have a microphone and/or a camera?
b. connect to the internet?
c. respond to voice commands?
d. include the word "smart" or "connected" in its packaging?

Then your life events are being stored by a company, and watched by people.https://t.co/fETxowjB9Z

— Bill Fitzgerald (@funnymonkey) October 10, 2019

아마존은 당신을 보고 있습니까? 인간이 클라우드 캠 영상 리뷰 https://t.co/E8Z7AoVliR
• 그러나 사람들이 자신의 스트림과 녹화물을 볼 수 있을뿐만 아니라 카메라의 클립도 고객이 제출하면 인도와 루마니아의 아마존 근로자에게 전송되었습니다.

— editoy (@editoy) October 11, 2019

No words for this https://t.co/pYPSpTC9Gg

— Scott Koehler (@koehlerdesigns) October 10, 2019

I hate to say "I told you", but... actually, no, I don't hate that.https://t.co/tliHdo8YwK

— 8Booty ? (@MemoriesIn8Bit) October 11, 2019

It's not just Alexa that gets the human touch. Behind the scenes, Amazon workers are training the Cloud Cam home security camera's algorithms by watching and annotating videos customers submitted for troubleshooting. https://t.co/VgsHOJRMbz new w/@nat_droz and @turnergs

— Matt Day (@mattmday) October 10, 2019

In another privacy gaffe, Amazon's Cloud Cam is using video-snippets to be annotated by humans for AI algorithms. Some of the snippets include intimate affairs that employees share beyond their team#privacy #amazon #cloudcam #surveillance #infosechttps://t.co/ZBt63P3vyi

— SecurityTrails (@securitytrails) October 10, 2019

아마존의 네트워크 카메라가 기능 향상과 트러블 슈팅 목적으로 비디오를 아마존에 전송, 직원이 이를 모니터링해 소프트웨어를 훈련했다고. 이런 물건 함부로 사지 맙시다. https://t.co/aoDOrsigJg

— 푸른곰 (@purengom) October 10, 2019

We...watch for you https://t.co/Jbff9ZuigS

— Silvia Killingsworth (@silviakillings) October 10, 2019

Is Amazon Watching You? Cloud Cam Footage Reviewed By Humans - Bloomberg https://t.co/UGtOcfaCEQ

시리, 알렉사, 코타나, 구글 어시스턴트 음성 내용 내부 직원이 듣는것에 이어서 아마존 클라우드 캠 동영상까지 검토하고 있었군요

— lunamoth (@lunamoth) October 10, 2019