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Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S. Surveillance State (greenwald.substack.com)
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Hacker News.

Just a decade after a global backlash was triggered by Snowden reporting on mass domestic surveillance, the state-corporate dragnet is stronger and more invasive than ever.

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[–] 52 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Don't forget Amazon and Google also have smart speakers with microphones....

Big Brother doesn't just watch, he listens too.

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  • [–] 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    I'm not allowed to have a smart speaker of any kind in my home office (work from home requirement), but especially Alexa. All my homies are required to hate Amazon.

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