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Brandon Jackson, a Microsoft site reliability engineer, says an errant report of racist abuse led to the suspension of his Amazon account... Most of his smart h
by gigel82 3y ago
Brandon Jackson, a Microsoft site reliability engineer, says an errant report of racist abuse led to the suspension of his Amazon account... Most of his smart home gear, he said, is self-hosted locally, via Apple HomeKit.
All we're missing is some Facebook/Google stuff and we've hit a FAANG bingo :)
- jackdawipper 3y ago"Apple" is also an issue, you often hand everything over to them as part of their "privacy, but not moral privacy" positioning.
- tinus_hn 3y agoOf course, Microsoft would never be caught doing such a thing!
- scrum-treats 3y agoFacebook already added pixels to every website and gathered all your data without your express consent. Then, requires a government issued ID + current picture to delete any account. In contrast to Amazon, Facebook doesn't want your account to be deleted; it's actively compiling data to form a "persona" of you. I'd argue Google falls in the same category as Facebook. You have to try very hard to get a suspension from Google. A situation like the one described in the article is not enough evidence for Facebook, Google, or Apple to suspend an account.