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The neti pot lol (https://schollz.com/newyorker/neti/)

... that he helped cause.

I feel like there was a meeting about data security risks at the White House, with CEOs from Open AI and Google, as well as a doc, calling out this exact situation (recording of metadata, queries). Is there really no consistent way of filtering out classified/restricted information from Open AI's GKR?

It's not just work hardware. It's everything connected to your WiFi; everything. For Amazon, this means exploiting known security vulnerabilities in Microsoft, Google, and Apple to spy on employees, largely without their knowledge or consent. Further, there is no internal regulation for people who are executing these attacks. Individuals can access the personal data of their fellow employees at anytime, including managers.

If you recall, at the end of 2022 into 2023, Apple laptops and iPhones suffered from a series of webkit vulnerabilities which allowed root access.

Were these vulnerabilities repeatedly exploited by companies such as Amazon? Yes.

On personal, non-work devices? Yes.

Is this a gross (and federally illegal) misstep by Amazon, JPMorgan, and similar companies? Yes.

Everything done on your WiFi network is logged.

> "But which rivals are we talking about? This is where the lawsuit runs into trouble."

All 3rd party vendors/competitors.

If I recall correctly, Google already did. I also remember people largely pushing back against hyper-surveillance tech such as this.

Employment?

Is this a tax write off?

1. Cool read. Thanks for sharing. The graphics are awesome.

2. I think it's weird that Texas and Arizona are in the mix when it appears many people are victim of microtargeting in those areas.

3. I'm reading about Threatcasting as a means of preparing for future scenarios, yet we are very much still impacted by the "Trump effect." It's worrisome to think that the people who would be owning the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and defender roles are the very same individuals impacted by the "Trump effect." How can one expect to be a defender when they can't see they are the contagion?

Agreed. The only thing chaotic is the turnover and the level of managerial incompetence.

"Libertarian"... are Conservatives rebranding?

"We responsibly disclosed the vulnerabilities to the vendor in June 2022, and they were fixed shortly after."

100% don't believe you: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/energy/2022/06/02/were-i....

He's evil; a level of sinister and corrupt that should be investigated. As in, he needs to be held liable in the Amazon lawsuit, alongside Amazon, as a co-defendant.

This is terrifying.

Additional information on Dave Clark's impact:

"Some Flexport insiders say layoffs and an influx of former Amazon leaders are wrecking morale."[1]

'"These people do not have conversations — they make demands," one laid-off employee said. Unsatisfactory answers could be met with harsh feedback, sources said.

One laid-off Flexporter said an Amazon veteran told them, "I don't believe a word you're saying," during a presentation they said took months to prepare.

Clark was asked at Tuesday's conference whether his Amazon hires meant he wanted to change Flexport's culture.

"The only place I've really worked in my life is Amazon. And so I didn't get out much. And I worked in supply chain so most of the people I know are Amazon people," he said. "Turns out Amazon's pretty good at moving stuff around."'

See also, the Dave Clark effect at Amazon: "Amazon generally delivers later than competitors. That can be terrifying for some of its drivers"[2].

[1]https://www.businessinsider.com/flexport-layoffs-amazon-lead...

[2] https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/21/tech/amazon-delivery-night/in...

> "At the meeting last month, Amazon’s lawyers reiterated the argument to each of the commissioners, including chair Lina Khan, that changes to Amazon could result in higher prices and slower shipping speeds to customers, some of the people said."

Is this to say that Amazon is trying to blame its self-induced logistics nightmare and predatory price antics on the lawsuit? Is this a joke?

Amazon has been unable to meet the 2-day promise since COVID, due to their own logistics breakdown. Amazon repeatedly cut corners and as a result everyone else suffers, including employees who adamantly tried to push solutions that did not require cutting corners.

"The gist is: they can collect super intimate information about you -- from your medical information, your genetic information, to your “sex life” (seriously), to how fast you drive, where you drive, and what songs you play in your car -- in huge quantities. They then use it to invent more data about you through “inferences” about things like your intelligence, abilities, and interests."

Told you... your sex life is corporation-collected data.

Nothing compares to that monthly AC/heating bill.

Minor spelling mistake on the card "Deploy ML Models in AWS Lamda" (Lamda -> Lambda).

It's giving Bildergerg.

As a shareholder, I have to agree. It's a huge waste of time and money. While it's a bit humorous considering SpaceX would be used to launch a direct-competitor's satellites, SpaceX is the only successful launchpad around.

"Coffee Meets Bagel uses a variety of Amazon Web Services."[1]

[1]https://www.cloudforecast.io/success-stories/how-cmb-save-mo...

Majority of Amazon employees exist outside Germany.

Pretty sure employees would benefit from a union. It's too little too late for whatever this is trying to be, IMO.

.... The ones it likes.

> "Distilling complex bias issues (e.g., disparities in performance across intersectional subgroups or instances of stereotype reinforcement) to a small number of metrics without losing important nuance is extremely challenging. Another challenge is balancing the interplay between fairness metrics and other product metrics (e.g., user satisfaction, accuracy, latency), which are often phrased as conflicting despite being compatible. It is common for researchers to describe their work as optimizing an "accuracy-fairness" tradeoff when in reality widespread user satisfaction is aligned with meeting fairness and inclusion objectives."

Very well articulated. Can't agree with this enough.

Oh, influencer "store fronts" as main drivers of retail on Amazon? Sure seems popular for at least 5 years now. And there's a cross-platform promotion of "unlocking" influencer storefronts via Tiktok user count. Not sure how much Amazon is paying for it but there is a dedicated "Amazon-ads" team at Tiktok.

IMO it's a way to stay relevant. And, it works. Customers are more likely to buy more than one item from Amazon if they feel connected to the site in some way. What better way to do this than via the "influencer" persona. It's a solid marketing strategy.

It does require monitoring of influencer behavior as potentially brand damaging, which means influencers are signing up to be monitored by Amazon in some capacity. Kinda creepy, but hey! It's a way to learn about your customer group by which influencer pages they interact with (on Tiktok and Amazon store front). It's smart.

Here's an example: https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonprime/comments/15t95lp/what_i....

You can see there's a light bulb showing an average 4.6 rating, with 78% reviews being 5-stars.

IMO, the confusing part remains the amount of fake/fraudulent reviews. What does it matter that there are 78% 5-star reviews when all the 5-star reviews are fake? Further, how can I trust that the product itself is not fake? What assurances do I have as a consumer when shopping at Amazon?