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FCC lifts rules so Amazon can build radar devices to track users' sleep
Washington Times ^ | July 12, 2021 | By Ryan Lovelace

Posted on 07/12/2021 5:33:59 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

The Federal Communications Commission waived its rules so Amazon can build radar sensors that the company says would be used to track people’s sleep.

The federal government’s exemption for Amazon paves the way for the tech giant to monitor users’ movements in the bedroom with extreme precision — all without users having to press a button.

The FCC accepted Amazon’s claim that the tech would be used to improve users’ health and wellness.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: amazon; cia; fcc; nsa; radar; spying
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To: blackdog

Saw a billboard today in Granbury (Texas y’all) that reminded: Shop local. Jeff Besos does not pay for school programs.


21 posted on 07/12/2021 6:21:55 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: blackdog

Saw a billboard today in Granbury (Texas y’all) that reminded: Shop local. Jeff Besos does not pay for school programs.


22 posted on 07/12/2021 6:21:56 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Turn it off or surround it with radar absorbent, carbon rich foam.


23 posted on 07/12/2021 6:25:29 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Jim Robinson

“Amazon paves the way for the tech giant to monitor users’ movements in the bedroom with extreme precision”

up/down/up/down....sleep...


24 posted on 07/12/2021 6:30:06 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Play with knives long enough and you will eventually bleed.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Full on Orwell


25 posted on 07/12/2021 6:31:41 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Amazon needs the Bell Telephone treatment!


26 posted on 07/12/2021 6:32:17 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Jim Robinson

If most of my neighbors are going to get this, then I guess I’m going to have to full aluminum foil and turn my house into a Faraday Cage.


27 posted on 07/12/2021 6:36:15 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: All

Last week I saw a TV commercial for a Google made bed with internet connected sensors that tracks your bed movements, supposedly to teach you to improve your sleep, and I was incredulous.

Now Amazon goes a step further with RADAR?

What kind of idiot would buy something like this????


28 posted on 07/12/2021 6:36:38 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: wally_bert

“Stop the near insanity!”


29 posted on 07/12/2021 6:38:29 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

I hope I live long enough to be part of the backlash, right now my Magic 8 Ball says: “Outlook not so good”.


30 posted on 07/12/2021 6:38:31 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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To: tbw2

Park it in the microwave.


31 posted on 07/12/2021 6:50:58 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: V1Rotate

Google <> Amazon


32 posted on 07/12/2021 6:57:03 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Jim Robinson

Alexa: “great stamina, Joe, you made love three times today!”

Joe: “I did??? When was this???”

Alexa: “between 3 and 4 this afternoon”

Joe: “I was at work. Alexa, call my attorney.”


33 posted on 07/12/2021 6:57:43 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Claiming Racism, the antidote to personal responsibility)
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To: tbw2

Or don’t buy one in the first place.


34 posted on 07/12/2021 6:59:09 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: dblshot

Even my ‘95 Kenmore side by side?


35 posted on 07/12/2021 7:04:55 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation.)
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To: All

36 posted on 07/12/2021 7:05:46 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Jim Robinson; dirtboy

It seems to me the radar function might be equally useful for locating a home’s inhabitants to aid the Swat team’s no-knock warrant invasion.

Google maps pictures my address as the place next door so I’ve got that going for me ...

;-)


37 posted on 07/12/2021 7:07:52 PM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;- )
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To: OpusatFR
Is this connected with having an Echo or something similar in the house?...

I got an Echo Spy in your home device as a gift from a company at Christmas. Seeing as it was free and I had NO plans of ever using it. I took it out in the garage to see what it was made of and used a hammer in an attempt to dissasseble it. I was able to tear away some of the material on the outside. But shortly I got bored with it and could barely dent the thing! I successfully crushed in the on button (or whatever it was) and then gave it a burial at sea in a 5 gallon bucket over night to experiment on it further. The water didn't seem to penetrate the object and I ended up chucking it in the trash can. I know, a small and somewhat childish victory. LOL And Sarah Conner got rid of the Terminator faster.

38 posted on 07/12/2021 7:14:50 PM PDT by 444Flyer (John 3, Revelation 20, Joshua 24:15, 1 Kings 18:16-39, Pick a side...)
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To: Jim Robinson

“The federal government’s exemption for Amazon”

Funny how that works.

Also, not in my bedroom.


39 posted on 07/12/2021 7:20:49 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Jim Robinson

These days Billionaires can buy anything from the three letter agencies. Kinds like street walkers.


40 posted on 07/12/2021 7:22:20 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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