Amazon Halo

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Amazon Halo

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Beoardielingsdatum: Nov. 2, 2020

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Not gonna lie, this is the creepiest fitness tracker we've seen yet. Amazon's fitness band--there's no display, it's just a fitness tracking band packed full of sensors and microphones--tracks the usual: steps, heart rate, sleep, calories, and more. The Halo's microphones listen to you and use machine learning to measure the tone, energy, and positivity of your voice to " help strengthen communication." And that's not even the creepiest part! Amazon also asks you to take pictures of yourself in your underwear so it can measure and track your body fat. Yeah, no thanks. Giving Amazon a picture of yourself in your underwear sounds like a truly terrible idea, even if they claim it will automatically be deleted from the cloud after it is processed. It's nice they put a little note on the product page talking about how seriously they take your privacy. With everything this device collects, we sure hope that's true. This fitness tracker also requires a $4 a month subscription to access all features.

Wat kin der barre as der wat misgiet?

Amazon, you've done it. You've taken creepy to a whole new level with this tracking device. We're filing this under, "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should." The problem isn't that all the data this device collects is kept insecurely, Amazon does a good job securing your data. The problem is what Amazon can potentially use all this data for. While Amazon states that it does not use Halo health data for marketing, product recommendations, or advertising, the Halo is still collecting a lot of personal biometric information about you--including listening to what you say and measuring your tone. What can give you insights into your health, could also potentially give others information about things like your emotional state while you are looking at something, how attracted you are to someone, or even if you've been drinking. That's level of personal information is not something we want Amazon--or any other tech company--potentially knowing.
  • mobile

Kin it my bespionearje? ynformaasje

Kamera

Apparaat: Nee

App: Ja

Mikrofoan

Apparaat: Ja

App: Ja

Folget lokaasje

Apparaat: Nee

App: Ja

Wat is der nedich om jo oan te melden?

Hokker gegevens sammelet it bedriuw?

Hoe brûkt it bedriuw dizze gegevens?

Body scan images are automatically deleted from the cloud after processing. Speech samples are processed on the customer's phone and automatically deleted after processing. Other than providing you with information about your body fat and your tone, we're not quite sure yet how Amazon will use this data. Amazon says that they do not use Amazon Halo health data for marketing, product recommendations, or advertising. Amazon does not sell Amazon Halo health data.

Hoe kinne jo jo gegevens beheare?

You can delete your Halo data in the Halo app. You can manually turn off the microphones on the Halo Band.

Hoe stiet it bedriuw bekend as it giet om it beskermjen fan brûkersgegevens?

Ferbettering nedich

In October, 2020, Amazon fired an employee for leaking customer email addresses to an unnamed third party. In November, 2018, Amazon suffered a data breach that caused customer names and email addresses to be disclosed on its webpage. Additionally, since Halo is a brand new product that collects a lot of data in a sensitive category (health), we're flagging Amazon's track record of building the infrastructure for too much detailed data collection and surveillence that could be used by others for harm as a risk consumers should consider.

Kin dit produkt offline brûkt wurde?

Ja

Brûkersfreonlike privacyynformaasje?

Ja

Keppelingen nei privacy-ynformaasje

Foldocht dit produkt oan ús minimale befeiligingsnoarmen? ynformaasje

Ja

Fersifering

Ja

Data is encrypted in transit and at rest.

Sterk wachtwurd

Ja

Halo users create or choose a unique profile when they first use Halo. Customers must validate a one-time passcode whenever they log-in to the Halo app.

Befeiligingsfernijingen

Ja

Beheart kwetsberheden

Ja

Amazon has a bug bounty program, which means that anyone who finds a security issue and discloses it responsibly may get paid. Security researchers can report a vulnerability here. https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201909140

Privacybelied

Ja

Amazon has clearly thought through the mechanisms for protecting user data when using the Halo. Amazon created a video summary to explain how privacy works for the Amazon Halo. It has also made a whitepaper available about Halo Privacy 101. It must be noted, though, that Amazon doesn't address how inference data can be used.

Brûkt it produkt AI? ynformaasje

Ja

The purpose of the Amazon Halo is AI-powered health to track your wellness (body fat, activity levels, sleep, and tone of voice/emotions.) The AI will also rate your tone for “positivity” and “energy.” The model associates those emotional ratings with vocal qualities like pitch, intensity, tempo, and rhythm.

Is dizze AI ûnbetrouber?

Kin net bepale

Hokker soarte fan besluten makket de AI oer jo of foar jo?

Is it bedriuw transparant oer hoe’t de AI wurket?

Nee

Hat de brûker kontrôle oer de AI-funksjes?

Kin net bepale

*Privacy net ynbegrepen

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