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Am I the only one worried about: * The privacy of consumers who might eventually buy some of the stuff stuffed with their trackers. * The scene at 1:49 where
by henvic 6y ago
Am I the only one worried about:
* The privacy of consumers who might eventually buy some of the stuff stuffed with their trackers.
* The scene at 1:49 where it appears they put a tracker in a plastic bag inside something like a coffee kettle.
* Sticking a tracker to a kid's toy.
What the hell is wrong with these people? I get they wanted to do a great investigation, but this seems so wrong to me...
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoJournalists tend to get a little more leeway for investigative purposes. And presumably they followed up and retrieved these trackers in some way. And will get rid of any personal information about the people who received the items. Also, note they were expecting most or all of them to end up in landfills, them finding homes is an ideal outcome, but maybe not expected. It also says something about the quality of returned merchandise and inspection of it: Amazon didn't find and remove the tracking devices, the products "looked fine" and were sent on their way. Perhaps that's one reason Amazon prefers to just toss stuff.
- throwaheyy 6y agoYes, you’re the only one. Anybody could put a tracker inside items they’re returning, it’s on Amazon to inspect returned items, which any brick-and-mortar store would do.
- quantified 6y agoThat’s an interesting ethics angle. Certainly a potential issue, but not likely to be an actual problem. They’d know where the item ended up, but not much about who it ended up with. Kid’s toys go to adults first on average. Knowing I bought a backpack on Amazon doesn’t say much, a little weird, but far better than a phone’s location tracking. If the items were sensitive in some way (bondage equipment, say, or doctored home security equipment) then certainly.
- kennywinker 6y ago> The privacy of consumers who might eventually buy some of the stuff stuffed with their trackers. I don't share your concern here. CBC is a reputable org. They can just turn off the trackers if the items appear to be getting re-sold to an end-consumer. Even then, I don't think it would be a privacy violation for a journalist to go and talk to them and say "hey did you know this was a returned item?" etc. If the kids toy made it into the hands of a kid without that tracker being noticed, I'd have deeper concerns. I.e. what's stopping someone from putting razorblades or some toxic checmical in a kids toy and returning it? Someone needs to check over returned items for basic quality, and should DEFINITELY notice the massive tracker.