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https://www.rawstory.com/amazon-workers-biometric-consent-fired/As Big Brothers go, it doesn't get any bigger than Amazon. So there's a furor over the company's recent ultimatum to its contracted drivers: Either agree to surveillance by our new-age technology or find another job.
As Vice reported today, "Amazon delivery drivers nationwide have to sign a "biometric consent" form this week that grants the tech behemoth permission to use AI-powered cameras to access drivers' location, movement, and biometric data.
"If the company's delivery drivers, who number around 75,000 in the United States, refuse to sign these forms, they lose their jobs. The form requires drivers to agree to facial recognition and other biometric data collection within the trucks they drive."
Amazon manufactures the new technology and has battled against efforts privacy-based effort to restrict its use. Five progressive Democratic senators wrote to the company March 3 demanding it respond to the privacy concerns, with a deadline of tomorrow to provide an answer.
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amazon is hijacking the postal service to remake it as its own delivery service as well nt
msongs
Mar 2021
#2
I agree. This is trucking. The company should be able to monitor the driver and load.
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2021
#11
I do understand about on-time and correct delivery concerns, but how does requiring biometrics and
alwaysinasnit
Mar 2021
#20
Thanks for your response. Amazon is in the business of facial recognition software. Requiring
alwaysinasnit
Mar 2021
#23