> The breakroom in question has two other cameras present: a security camera on the ceiling and another security camera attached to a self-checkout kiosk employees use when buying food, Canaday said.
It's totally normal for workplaces to have cameras in public employee areas.
The article tries to make a point:
> He said that Amazon workers must feel free to talk about work in the breakroom without the fear of being surveilled.
But there's no microphone in question here, the article even says so specifically. Conversations are not being snooped on here.
And the camera is used for scanning cards to purchase coffee with, so it's not exactly nefarious.
This is non-news.