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Amazon secretly tracked consumers through their cellphones, lawsuit alleges (www.yahoo.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Why are people giving Amazon the location permission?

New Amazon pickup lockers now require the app to access location and nearby devices. It used to be such that Amazon would just give you a pin that would open the locker.

I had to download the app and enable these permissions to get my package out of a locker. It felt gross and took twice as long. I deleted the app as soon as I was done.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

God damn wtf. The PIN system was so simple, what the fuck is this shit. Like, its not even just the privacy issue. I want a package, I give the code to a family member, they get it on the way home from work. Why gotta make spending money so difficult?