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msgid "Amazon's Software Is Malware - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation"
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msgid "GNU Home"
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"</a>&nbsp;/ <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary.html\">Malware</a>&nbsp;/ By "
"company&nbsp;/"
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msgid "Amazon's Software Is Malware"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
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"Nonfree (proprietary) software is very often malware (designed to mistreat "
"the user). Nonfree software is controlled by its developers, which puts them "
"in a position of power over the users; <a "
"href=\"/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html\">that is the "
"basic injustice</a>. The developers and manufacturers often exercise that "
"power to the detriment of the users they ought to serve."
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msgid "This typically takes the form of malicious functionalities."
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"If you know of an example that ought to be in this page but isn't here, "
"please write to <a "
"href=\"mailto:webmasters@gnu.org\">&lt;webmasters@gnu.org&gt;</a> to inform "
"us. Please include the URL of a trustworthy reference or two to serve as "
"specific substantiation."
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msgid "&nbsp;<a href=\"#swindle\">Kindle&nbsp;Swindle</a>&nbsp;"
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msgid "&nbsp;<a href=\"#echo\">Echo</a>&nbsp;"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><div><h3>
msgid "Kindle Swindle"
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"We refer to this product as the <a "
"href=\"/philosophy/why-call-it-the-swindle.html\">Amazon Swindle</a> because "
"it has <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html\">Digital restrictions "
"management (DRM)</a> and <a href=\"/philosophy/ebooks.html\"> other "
"malicious functionalities</a>."
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msgid "Back Doors"
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"Amazon <a "
"href=\"https://www.techdirt.com/2015/03/24/while-bricking-jailbroken-fire-tvs-last-year-amazon-did-same-to-kindle-devices/\"> "
"downgraded the software in users' Swindles</a> so that those already rooted "
"would cease to function at all."
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"The Amazon Kindle-Swindle has a back door that has been used to <a "
"href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20220319193415/https://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others/\"> "
"remotely erase books</a>.  One of the books erased was <cite>1984</cite>, by "
"George Orwell."
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"Amazon responded to criticism by saying it would delete books only following "
"orders from the state.  However, that policy didn't last.  In 2012 it <a "
"href=\"https://boingboing.net/2012/10/22/kindle-user-claims-amazon-dele.html\"> "
"wiped a user's Kindle-Swindle and deleted her account</a>, then offered her "
"kafkaesque &ldquo;explanations.&rdquo;"
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"The Kindle also has a <a "
"href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20120715070050/http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=200774090\"> "
"universal back door</a>."
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msgid "Surveillance"
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"The Amazon Ring app does <a "
"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/29/ring-smart-doorbell-company-surveillance-eff-report\"> "
"surveillance for other companies as well as for Amazon</a>."
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"The Ring doorbell camera is designed so that the manufacturer (now Amazon) "
"can watch all the time. Now it turns out that <a "
"href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20190918024432/https://dojo.bullguard.com/dojo-by-bullguard/blog/ring/\"> "
"anyone else can also watch, and fake videos too</a>."
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"The third party vulnerability is presumably unintentional and Amazon will "
"probably fix it. However, we do not expect Amazon to change the design that "
"<a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html#M201901100\">allows "
"Amazon to watch</a>."
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"Amazon Ring &ldquo;security&rdquo; devices <a "
"href=\"https://www.engadget.com/2019-01-10-ring-gave-employees-access-customer-video-feeds.html\"> "
"send the video they capture to Amazon servers</a>, which save it long-term."
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"In many cases, the video shows everyone that comes near, or merely passes "
"by, the user's front door."
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"The article focuses on how Ring used to let individual employees look at the "
"videos freely.  It appears Amazon has tried to prevent that secondary abuse, "
"but the primary abuse&mdash;that Amazon gets the video&mdash;Amazon expects "
"society to surrender to."
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"The Amazon &ldquo;Smart&rdquo; TV is <a "
"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2014/nov/09/amazon-echo-smart-tv-watching-listening-surveillance\"> "
"snooping all the time</a>."
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"The Electronic Frontier Foundation has examined and found <a "
"href=\"https://www.eff.org/pages/reader-privacy-chart-2012\">various kinds "
"of surveillance in the Swindle and other e-readers</a>."
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msgid "DRM"
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"Amazon's monopoly and DRM is <a "
"href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/03/10/amazon-library-ebook-monopoly/\">stopping "
"public libraries from lending e-books and audiobooks</a>. Amazon became "
"powerful in e-book world by <a "
"href=\"/philosophy/why-call-it-the-swindle.html\">Swindle</a>, and is now "
"misusing its power and violates people's rights using <a "
"href=\"https://www.defectivebydesign.org\">Digital Restrictions "
"Management</a>."
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"The article is written in a way that endorses DRM in general, which is "
"unacceptable. <a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html\">DRM is an "
"injustice to people</a>."
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"<a href=\"https://itstillworks.com/kindle-drm-17841.html\"> The Amazon "
"Kindle has DRM</a>.  That article is flawed in that it fails to treat DRM as "
"an ethical question; it takes for granted that whatever Amazon might do to "
"its users is legitimate.  It refers to DRM as digital &ldquo;rights&rdquo; "
"management, which is the spin term used to promote DRM.  Nonetheless it "
"serves as a reference for the facts."
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msgid "Echo"
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"The Amazon Echo appears to have a universal back door, since <a "
"href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Echo#Software_updates\"> it "
"installs &ldquo;updates&rdquo; automatically</a>."
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"We have found nothing explicitly documenting the lack of any way to disable "
"remote changes to the software, so we are not completely sure there isn't "
"one, but this seems pretty clear."
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"Amazon Alexa collects a lot more information from users than is necessary "
"for correct functioning (time, location, recordings made without a "
"legitimate prompt), and sends it to Amazon's servers, which store it "
"indefinitely. Even worse, Amazon forwards it to third-party companies. Thus, "
"even if users request deletion of their data from Amazon's servers, <a "
"href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20190507014804/https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Alexa-has-been-eavesdropping-on-you-this-whole-13822095.php\"> "
"the data remain on other servers</a>, where they can be accessed by "
"advertising companies and government agencies. In other words, deleting the "
"collected information doesn't cancel the wrong of collecting it."
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"Data collected by devices such as the Nest thermostat, the Philips "
"Hue-connected lights, the Chamberlain MyQ garage opener and the Sonos "
"speakers are likewise stored longer than necessary on the servers the "
"devices are tethered to. Moreover, they are made available to Alexa. As a "
"result, Amazon has a very precise picture of users' life at home, not only "
"in the present, but in the past (and, who knows, in the future too?)"
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"Some of users' commands to the Alexa service are <a "
"href=\"https://www.smh.com.au/technology/alexa-is-someone-else-listening-to-us-sometimes-someone-is-20190411-p51d4g.html\"> "
"recorded for Amazon employees to listen to</a>. The Google and Apple voice "
"assistants do similar things."
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"A fraction of the Alexa service staff even has access to <a "
"href=\"https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/amazons-alexa-reviewers-can-access-customers-home-addresses\"> "
"location and other personal data</a>."
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"Since the client program is nonfree, and data processing is done &ldquo;<a "
"href=\"/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#CloudComputing\">in the "
"cloud</a>&rdquo; (a soothing way of saying &ldquo;We won't tell you how and "
"where it's done&rdquo;), users have no way to know what happens to the "
"recordings unless human eavesdroppers <a "
"href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20240416214211/https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/three-cheers-for-amazon-s-human-eavesdroppers-1.1243033\"> "
"break their non-disclosure agreements</a>."
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"Crackers found a way to break the security of an Amazon device, and <a "
"href=\"https://boingboing.net/2018/08/12/alexa-bob-carol.html\"> turn it "
"into a listening device</a> for them."
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"It was very difficult for them to do this. The job would be much easier for "
"Amazon. And if some government such as China or the US told Amazon to do "
"this, or cease to sell the product in that country, do you think Amazon "
"would have the moral fiber to say no?"
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"<small>(These crackers are probably hackers too, but please <a "
"href=\"https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html\"> don't use "
"&ldquo;hacking&rdquo; to mean &ldquo;breaking security&rdquo;</a>.)</small>"
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msgid "Other products"
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"New Amazon worker chat app <a "
"href=\"https://theintercept.com/2022/04/04/amazon-union-living-wage-restrooms-chat-app/\">would "
"ban specific words Amazon doesn't like</a>, such as &ldquo;union&rdquo;, "
"&ldquo;restrooms&rdquo;, and &ldquo;pay raise&rdquo;. If the app was free, "
"workers could modify the program so it acts as they wish, not how Amazon "
"wants it."
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"Internet-tethered Amazon Ring had a security vulnerability that enabled "
"attackers to <a "
"href=\"https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2019/11/07/amazons-ring-doorbells-leaks-customers-wi-fi-username-and-password\"> "
"access the user's wifi password</a>, and snoop on the household through "
"connected surveillance devices."
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"Knowledge of the wifi password would not be sufficient to carry out any "
"significant surveillance if the devices implemented proper security, "
"including encryption. But many devices with proprietary software lack "
"this. Of course, they are also used by their manufacturers for snooping."
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"Amazon recently invited consumers to be suckers and <a "
"href=\"https://www.techdirt.com/2017/11/22/vulnerability-found-amazon-key-again-showing-how-dumber-tech-is-often-smarter-option/\"> "
"allow delivery staff to open their front doors</a>. Wouldn't you know it, "
"the system has a grave security flaw."
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