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The Man Amazon Erased
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"a company arbitrarily decided a person isn't allowed to use the things they have bought and paid for, essentially stealing his money by not providing the good or service that was paid for, it's totally fine"
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Definitely a huge concern, but Amazon didn't erase this guy :P In a very real sense, this guy was fine and was still able to use most of his tech via Siri integration. I'm actually kind of glad Amazon is trying to shut down services for bigots.
How exactly was he a bigot?
He wasn't, but if the head of the kkk got a complaint the ban would have stuck for much longer
As it turned out, he wasn't. But when they stopped servicing him, they had every reason to believe that he was.
Do you continue to service a customer whose behavior is otherwise unacceptable until you're absolutely sure he's a bigot? Or do you abide by your legal obligation to protect your workers from such behavior?
I don't know if Amazon did the worst thing here, but I don't know that the best thing is far off from what they did.
Who at Amazon would be hurt by a bigot using their Echo or doorbell? Stopping deliveries sure but this is a couple of steps further.
That's a great question and I don't know what kind of exposure Amazon employees have to audio logs from those devices but I'm certain there's some sure to required troubleshooting and debugging.
I also don't know how integrated the various aspects of a user's account are and whether it would even be possible for Amazon to have taken a smaller step.
Tell me you didn't read the article without telling me you didn't read the article.
It was only Jackson’s technical skills and particular automated home setup that saved him from what could have been a larger lockout. “My home was fine as I just used Siri or [a] locally hosted dashboard if I wanted to change a light’s color or something of that nature,” he explained.