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I am no more willing to provide my biometric sleep, voice, and body data to Amazon than I would to eBay or Netflix. However, if you'd like to help Amazon train
by floatingatoll 6y ago
I am no more willing to provide my biometric sleep, voice, and body data to Amazon than I would to eBay or Netflix. However, if you'd like to help Amazon train their human being analysis models and get no payment in return, this is your chance.
What benefit does Amazon derive from having such comprehensive biometric data about Amazon consumers? They're offering this device at a significant loss vs. the investment that goes into it.
> The innovative Tone feature uses machine learning to analyze energy and positivity in a customer’s voice
Will they start charging people more for a product category when Alexa overhears that they're talking about it excitedly? Will they 'invite' you to install a Nielsen ratings integration that lets them listen for content and measure how you feel about it? If your pulse rate jumps during a Clorox bleach ad, will you start seeing ads for the Amazon Basics product that competes with it?
> Body scan images are automatically deleted from the cloud after processing, so only the customer sees them.
> Speech samples are always analyzed locally on the customer’s phone and automatically deleted after processing
"Processing" permits them to train models and transmit training outcomes that are derived your body data, as they only commit to deleting the raw data, not the training outcomes that result from it. They can claim correctly that the raw data cannot be extracted from the processed results.