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Amazon Records Every Move Delivery Drivers Make – and Now the Videos Are Leaking

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LUCAS NOLAN

18 Jul 20230

3:51

Amazon delivery drivers are facing an unexpected privacy invasion as surveillance footage from in-van cameras has started appearing online, particularly on Reddit, despite assurances from the company that these cameras were solely for safety purposes.

Vice News reports that Amazon delivery drivers are finding themselves in the social media spotlight. Surveillance footage from their delivery vans, captured by AI-enabled cameras, has begun to surface online, sparking concerns about privacy and the invasive use of technology.

Amazon delivery driver ( PATRICK T. FALLON /Getty)

The cameras were installed to monitor drivers’ speed, location, and actions on the road. They are capable of recording both the road and the driver, and drivers were required to sign consent forms allowing the cameras to collect biometric data. Amazon had previously assured its drivers that these cameras were purely for safety purposes.

However, the recent spate of video leaks on Reddit has raised questions about the extent of surveillance and the potential misuse of the footage. The videos often depict drivers’ actions on the road and are not typically posted by the drivers themselves. This has highlighted the fact that Amazon drivers, who already have demanding jobs, are being monitored at all times.

One driver, who requested anonymity to avoid corporate backlash, explained the extent of the surveillance: “The camera sends information on if we speed, hard braking, hard acceleration, if we roll through or run stop signs, if we run red lights,” they said. “It’ll also detect if we are on our phones or aren’t wearing seat belts properly.”

Despite the controversy, Amazon maintains that the cameras are a safety measure. “Netradyne cameras are used to help keep drivers and the communities where they deliver safe,” Amazon spokesperson Simone Griffin said in an email. “Delivery service partners have access to the Netradyne portal where the in-vehicle cameras automatically upload video content when there is a safety incident. Delivery service partners can choose to share the video footage with their employees. However, for privacy reasons, publishing the content externally is a violation of program policies.”

Breitbart News previously reported that Amazon’s AI-powered cameras were punishing drivers for events outside of their control, like being cut off in heavy traffic:

VICE News reports that after Amazon installed AI-powered cameras in its delivery vans, drivers immediately began finding issues with the system. In March, Breitbart News reported that Amazon was rolling out new digital sensors in its delivery vehicles across the U.S. to monitor and control the activity of its workers in efforts to improve efficiency. The firm installed machine-learning powered surveillance cameras in its delivery vans earlier this year,then told employees they must agree to be surveilled by AI or lose their jobs.

Amazon delivery drivers in the U.S. are now being told to sign “biometric consent” forms to continue working for the e-commerce giant. The information that Amazon is collecting from workers seems to vary based on the surveillance equipment being fitted in each van, but the company’s privacy policy covers a wide range of information.

Now, many workers are claiming that the AI system is incorrectly penalizing drivers. One driver at Amazon’s depot in Los Angeles referred to as “Derek” by VICE News, said that the AI camera in his van began to incorrectly penalize him when other drivers cut him off — a daily occurrence in big city traffic.

Read more at Vice News here.

Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter @LucasNolan

Dick Durbin Scheming to Slip Big Retailer Handout in National Defense Bill

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SEAN MORAN

18 Jul 20230

3:49

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) will attempt to slip a handout to big retailers in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a bill that is supposed to be focused on maintaining America’s military might.

While the House passed its version of the NDAA, which focused on depoliticizing the military, Durbin appears to be intent on politicizing the Senate’s defense authorization bill by attaching legislation unrelated to maintaining America’s defense readiness.

Breitbart News has learned, per a Senate staffer, Durbin will work to insert the Credit Card Competition Act into the NDAA next week.

This is not the first time that Durbin has attempted this scheme to politicize the NDAA. He tried unsuccessfully to insert the legislation last year into the NDAA. Americans Tax Reform (ATR) said that they anticipate that Durbin will attempt this trick once again.

As ATR noted the legislation would act as a “backdoor price control” and an expansion of the Durbin amendment as enacted in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act, which was passed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

Essentially, the bill would direct the Federal Reserve to draft rules requiring credit cards issued in America to offer at least two unaffiliated payment network options for point-of-sale and online transactions.

 ATR argued that the bill would harm Americans by:

• Removing more than 60 billion in credit card rewards that consumers receive every year, according to the International Center for Law & Economics
• Force small banks and credit unions to cease providing co-branded cards that Americans use every day

ATR also said that there is no evidence that the amendment will pass savings down to consumers, as the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that had the Durbin Amendment not passed, “65 percent of noninterest checking offered by covered banks would have been free.”

John Noonan, who served as national security adviser to Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), noted that the bill may open up Chinese access to sensitive financial data:

Proponents say the bill is tough on China because it bans UnionPay—China’s state-owned credit card network—from the American market. Sounds good.

It isn’t. China’s UnionPay has two American partners for its global expansion—Discover and FiServ. Under this bill, all credit card purchases could be processed on Discover and FiServ’s networks, thus giving massive amounts of new financial data to UnionPay’s partners. In short, the bill bans UnionPay while making it stronger. Rather than incentivizing U.S. companies to be wary of partnering with Chinese Communist Party-backed entities, Congress would be pumping rocket fuel into UnionPay’s expansion efforts.

Congressional leaders have faced immense backlash for attaching non-defense-related bills to the NDAA, as witnessed by congressional leaders’ move to attach the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) to last year’s NDAA.

This would also come at a time when Americans have increasingly scrutinized woke retailers such as Target. The big box retailer enflamed controversy after it started selling “tuck-friendly” bathing suits for adults.

The Senate staffer told Breitbart News, “The Credit Card Competition Act is politically toxic. Senators know it’s a bailout for the same Target that pushes “tuck-it” trans clothes on kids, paid for by taking away voters’ credit card rewards points.  Durbin’s only hope is to attach to a must-pass piece of legislation.”

Sean Moran is a policy reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter @SeanMoran3