[choeger]

Is there any benign scenario that explains why amazon should do that? They have essentially put listening devices into every home and now they bypass the home owner's network? Am I the only one that thinks this looks like it is about surveillance? What's the next step? Mandatory amazon smart meters? Smoke detectors?

[londons_explore]

Amazon isn't in the business of being evil to the public. If they did, they would lose massively more revenue than they gain from a few smart meters.

You should be more worried about companies where you are the product not the customer...

[bobitsaboy]

I don't even know how a person could type your third sentence and submit it. Amazon already gathers, utilizes, and monetizes data gathered from devices it's sold to customers. It's been doing it for years.