Corp Spying Scamming and Slavery

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https://www.democraticmedia.org/filing/internet-connected-toys-are-spying-kids-threatening-their-privacy-and-security
https://epic.org/privacy/kids/EPIC-IPR-FTC-Genesis-Complaint.pdf
http://mashable.com/2016/12/08/hacking-toy-dolls/
"This complaint concerns toys that spy," reads the complaint, which
claims the Genesis Toys' My Friend Cayla and i-QUE Intelligent Robot
can record and collect private conversations and offer no limitations
on the collection and use of personal information. Both toys use voice
recognition, internet connectivity and Bluetooth to engage with
children in conversational manner and answer questions. The CDD claims
they do all of this in wildly insecure and invasive ways. Both My
Friend Cayla and i-QUE use Nuance Communications' voice-recognition
platform to listen and respond to queries. the questions children ask
the dolls are apparently recorded and sent to Nuance's servers for
parsing,


https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/325800/exclusive-amazon-workers-sleeping-in-tents-near-dunfermline-site/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/09/uber-drivers-report-sweated-labour-minimum-wage

https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/12/08/2027218/att-to-cough-up-88-million-for-cramming-mobile-customer-bills
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2016/12/ftc-providing-over-88-million-refunds-att-customers-who-were
Some 2.7 million ATT customers will share $88 million in compensation
for having had unauthorized third-party charges added to their mobile
bills, the Federal Trade Commission announced this morning. The latest
shot in the federal government's years-long battle against such
abuses, these refunds will represent the most money ever recouped by
victims of what is known as "mobile cramming," according to the FTC.
>From an FTC press release: "Through the FTC's refund program, nearly
2.5 million current ATT customers will receive a credit on their bill
within the next 75 days, and more than 300,000 former customers will
receive a check. The average refund amount is $31. [...] According to
the FTC's complaint, ATT placed unauthorized third-party charges on
its customers' phone bills, usually in amounts of $9.99 per month, for
ringtones and text message subscriptions containing love tips,
horoscopes, and 'fun facts.' The FTC alleged that ATT kept at least 35
percent of the charges it imposed on its customers." The matter with
ATT was originally made public in 2014 and also involved two companies
that actually applied the unauthorized charges, Tatto and Acquinity.

http://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/t-mobile-cfo-less-regulation-repeal-net-neutrality-by-trump-would-be-positive-for-my

https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/16/12/08/146200/microsoft-wants-to-enable-cellular-pcs-but-will-carriers-bite
Microsoft is aiming to enable the installation of non-removable
programmable SIM cards and data radios in PCs and Windows tablets.