A woman has been shocked to discover just how much data Amazon has collected about her.
She posted a viral TikTok video explaining how she requested to see the data but wasn’t expecting to receive so much.
TikToker my.data.not.yours explained: “I requested all the data Amazon has on me and here’s what I found.”
She revealed that she has three Amazon smart speakers.
Two are Amazon Dot speakers and one is an Echo device.
Her home also contains smart bulbs.
She said: “When I downloaded the ZIP file these are all the folders it came with.”
The TikToker then clicked on the audio file and revealed thousands of short voice clips that she claims Amazon has collected from her smart speakers.
She described them as “so scary” and played one of her talking about turning on a light.
I know many people who will not buy an Amazon or Google device because it will spy on you. What I find ironic about this is that your cell phone spies on you a lot more as it is always with you and its not just one device like an Amazon Echo, many of the apps on your cell phone spy on you separately.
So you may have 50+ apps on your cell phone tracking everything about you including your pictures, contacts, tracking where you have been and where you are going, recording your phone conversations and all reporting to many different places.
So while you may not want that Echo recording you telling it to turn on a light, really stop and think about how you already given up your privacy by carrying a cell phone with you everywhere you go.
What is really funny about this is that she post this info on TikTok which is an app owned and controlled by the Chinese so it is more than likely spying on her through her phone a lot more than what Amazon does.
Bottom line is that if your carrying around a smart phone then you might as well enjoy the benefits of the Echo, Google Home, or any of the other smart devices. If your concerned about privacy then the best thing to do it get ride of your smart phone or else none of the other steps you take to protect your privacy will really matter.