Amazon locks man out of ‘smart’ devices after delivery driver falsely reports hearing ‘racist remarks’
The experience lends credence to concerns about the impacts of centralized technology and the potential for citizens to lose access to basic rights and privileges if they cut against established norms.
Concerns about the potential for “smart” technology to be weaponized against people in a Chinese-style social credit system appeared to have been vindicated last weekend after a Baltimore man reported being locked out of his “smart home” devices in a kind of “digital exile” after an Amazon delivery driver inaccurately reported having heard a racist comment through the man’s video doorbell.
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