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Title: CIA-Connected Amazon Turns Over A Record Amount Of Data To U.S. Law Enforcement
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Blacklisted News/Activist Post
URL Source: https://www.blacklistednews.com/CIA ... rcement/62988/0/38/38/Y/M.html
Published: Jan 17, 2018
Author: Aaron Kesel
Post Date: 2018-01-17 08:07:06 by Deckard
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Views: 4185
Comments: 42
Amazon’s fifth transparency report has revealed that the company provided more customer data to U.S. law enforcement in the first half of last year than in its history with a shocking 1,936 different requests between January and June 2017, ZDNet reported. Of those 1,936 requests, Amazon complied and replied to 1,200 subpoena requests, 189 search warrants and 76 other court orders – for a whopping 1,465 requests they responded to. That’s 42 percent of all subpoenas, 44 percent of search warrants and 52 percent of other court orders. That’s an incredible rise from the year prior where Amazon received: Amazon didn’t state why there was a spike in U.S. government requests during the first half of the year, but for a company that openly has a partnership with the CIA for $600 million for cloud servers, this information should be troubling. The oddest part of this data is the fact that Amazon stated they received no content removal orders. Which begs the question what merit were the cases based on if not illegal content? The company also refused to state whether they had received a national security letter (NSL) during this time period. Tech companies are barred from disclosing the number of NSLs they receive; however, under their First Amendment they are free to say if they received any at all. Amazon instead opted to say they had received between zero and 249 national security letters alluding that they had received a government request but they didn’t state whether they followed through with the request or not. On Amazon’s website, one of the reasons the company states it may hand over its customers’ data can be based merely on contact lists. Under certain circumstances, Amazon may request additional information from you to verify the identity of a contact in your address book. It is not clear how many U.S. government requests last year were due to attempting to receive more information on an Amazon address book. The transparency report also does not address whether authorities collected data via wiretapping Amazon’s speaker assistant Echo. It is worth noting that Amazon, provided recordings belonging to a suspect in a murder trial last year which proves the Echo is constantly listening and is not just activated by a keyword as the company states. Last year, the Internet watchdog rights organization Electronic Frontier Foundation gave Amazon a very low 2 stars in its “Who Has Your Back” ratings regarding how companies handle government data requests.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Fuck Amazon and their spy devices.
"Law enforcement has, since Echo's inception, looked at ways to obtain data from the voice- activated assistant. Amazon has largely resisted efforts by police to obtain data from the always- listening product, but acquiesced in one murder investigation after the suspect did not object to the turning over of his Echo data." Even FaceBook will deny any law enforcement request for info unless there is a warrant. Due to upcoming technology, expect LE to use it to their investigative benefit. You have choices... you can opt to not shop at Amazon, use smart phones or even drive down public access roadways with traffic cams... but be warned, the millennial sheep are VERY much interested in giving up their freedoms to feel safer... and those WEAK snowflake fuckers are getting elected, teaching our children and running LameStream Media. We are fucked.
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/privacy-and-data-security/
Yeah, I don't doubt Amazon would resist any non court ordered request. There are many reasons LE needs to serve warrants on companies like Amazon & FaceBook. Getting most anyone (these days) to help LE without a warrant is non existent. DickTard loves Agitate propaganda. lol
Why in the hell would anyone provide police with information WITHOUT a warrant?
You may be surprised to learn that thirty-three states have no binding authority or explicitly allow for law enforcement to access this data without a warrant. That is more than half of US states that permit LEOs to access this information without a warrant. Only six states currently require a warrant for all cell-site location information. Does that answer your question?
That is more than half of US states that permit LEOs to access this information without a warrant. And there are those who still claim that Amerika is not a police state.
#36. To: Deckard (#35)
There are those who will personally decide which laws they will obey and the ones they will not. When they find a law which they disagree with or goes against their agend....they will then make a ridiculous outburst and label “Amerika as a police state.” Sad ...
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Amazon complied and replied to 1,200 subpoena requests, 189 search warrants and 76 other court orders – for a whopping 1,465 requests they responded to ....
Deckard - Why is it a bad thing for Amazon to comply with legal court orders, as is it implied to be in this article....and what is “whooping” about such a small number of 1,465 out of the 244 million Amazon customer base?
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#26. To: A K A Stone (#2)
#29. To: GrandIsland, A K A Stone (#26)
Amazon has largely resisted efforts by police to obtain data ...
Amazon Privacy Statement ... Amazon knows customers care deeply about privacy and data security, and we optimize our work to get these issues right for customers. With this post I’d like to provide a number of observations on our policies and positions:
#30. To: Gatlin (#29)
#32. To: GrandIsland (#30)
Getting most anyone (these days) to help LE without a warrant is non existent.
#34. To: Deckard, GrandIsland (#32)
Getting most anyone (these days) to help LE without a warrant is non existent. Why in the hell would anyone provide police with information WITHOUT a warrant?
One easy answer is, because they can be charged with obstruction of justice in thirty-three states if they don’t.
#35. To: Gatlin (#34)
You may be surprised to learn that thirty-three states have no binding authority or explicitly allow for law enforcement to access this data without a warrant.
Replies to Comment # 35. And there are those who still claim that Amerika is not a police state.
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