seattlepi.nwsource.com— Amazon.com is developing a system to gather and keep massive amounts of intimate information about its millions of shoppers, including their religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity and income.
Aug 14, 2006View in Crawl 4
Although I guess at some point it must have been a volunatry action on your part to release that information, the disturbing part about this is that Amazon will crawl other public databases for your "already existing on the Internet" information, combine it and create this super, Big Brother-esque database on you. Now, considering it IS all public information, I guess I don't have a huge issue with it (since anyone smart enough could have done this already), but even still these data mining experiments are starting to become a little over ambitious if you ask me.
If I have to give a phone number, I use my Dorm's number because it isn't hooked up ( I have a cell) and it saves some confusion cause its a local number.
Buried for FUD. Amazon isn't talking about developing this, they are simplying trying to get a patent. Most of the information would have to come from you voluntarily in the first place. And anything the rumored system would get from other places is already there. More digg FUD and sensationalist submissions.
if anyone thinks this is anything new, you've been living in a cave. all companies collect as much information as they can get.personally i could give two s**ts if anyone knows my religion, income, sexual orientation, etc. to make better product decisions.how many of you have already ordered from amazon? you don't think they already have your name, address, probably a decent amount of browsing history, etc? really, who gives a rip?buried for being more overzealous conspiracy s**t.
This is similar to MySpace, except that in MySpace people give out their personal information voluntarily so that it can be shared.Tell me again, who would want their personal information shared with everyone who happens to stumble upon their name?
hagrinAug 15, 2006
Although I guess at some point it must have been a volunatry action on your part to release that information, the disturbing part about this is that Amazon will crawl other public databases for your "already existing on the Internet" information, combine it and create this super, Big Brother-esque database on you. Now, considering it IS all public information, I guess I don't have a huge issue with it (since anyone smart enough could have done this already), but even still these data mining experiments are starting to become a little over ambitious if you ask me.
timmmmAug 15, 2006
It has a mini-usb port - you could probably plug in a real keyboard.
millixawAug 15, 2006
"Why are people so willing to give out their personal information?"I don't know... ask the millions of people who use MySpace.
heavyd14Aug 15, 2006
If I have to give a phone number, I use my Dorm's number because it isn't hooked up ( I have a cell) and it saves some confusion cause its a local number.
Closed AccountAug 15, 2006
Buried for FUD. Amazon isn't talking about developing this, they are simplying trying to get a patent. Most of the information would have to come from you voluntarily in the first place. And anything the rumored system would get from other places is already there. More digg FUD and sensationalist submissions.
mike503Aug 15, 2006
if anyone thinks this is anything new, you've been living in a cave. all companies collect as much information as they can get.personally i could give two s**ts if anyone knows my religion, income, sexual orientation, etc. to make better product decisions.how many of you have already ordered from amazon? you don't think they already have your name, address, probably a decent amount of browsing history, etc? really, who gives a rip?buried for being more overzealous conspiracy s**t.
mzhaoAug 16, 2006
This is similar to MySpace, except that in MySpace people give out their personal information voluntarily so that it can be shared.Tell me again, who would want their personal information shared with everyone who happens to stumble upon their name?