am I the only person who doesn’t have an amazon account
Ain’t got shit on me. 😤
My first item “uses Linux”… But does it know I use arch btw?
I looked and it said I’m a photographer and likely to buy board games.
Fuckin’ nailed it.
This definitely seems to be US-based at the moment. The relevant page doesn’t exist on the Australian site, but if I log into the Amazon US site, it is there (albeit blank in my case, which is interesting).
It’s in the UK version. On iPhone: You --> Account (along the top) --> Your Shopping preferences (under Personalization) --> About You (at the bottom).
I live in the UK and used the UK web version, it has nothing. Maybe because I have almost entirely stopped using Amazon?
The UK web version definitely doesn’t have any such link for me.
About You (at the bottom).
Now we know how you like it
It says that I have an 11-year old child. Unless you count household pets, there ain’t no such thing.
Also, it knows about two out of eight RAM sticks that I bought from Ebay. It mentions other AI assistants learned about me, and asked if I wanted to share. I think assistants from other websites are already sharing.
…ah. I used someone else’s PC and account to ask Google questions about my computer build. My personal Amazon account is under the Prime account of that person.
Same in France
I was hoping to find some saucy info on myself, but instead I got things like “prefers premium coffee brands with consistent flavor profiles” and “likely has a workshop”
Maybe I’m just too honest with Alexa…
I think my favorite was “Systematically building electronics component inventory”, but pretty much the same, mostly just my brand preferences and the stuff I tend to buy.
I’m also really deliberate in how I shop Amazon though: sift through my options in a private window and once I narrow down to what I want, copy the link, remove the tracking garbage, open it in my regular window, add it to my cart, rinse and repeat. It’s probably a paper shield at best, but good to know it helps curb the “[spends an inordinate amount of time comparing items, two thirds of which are also available on Ali Express]” inference.
Systematically building electronics component inventory
Possible goal: self-hosting, possibly webshop. Possible future competition.
Concussion: nip in the bud.
Action: sending black ops team…
Mine was pretty bland too. “Has 1 cat” and “reads fantasy”. I wanted to get insulted.
Dude, there are so many places online you can get free insults from, I mean you are already here so why not post about the Ukraine war on lemmy.ml or mistake Star Trek for Star Wars or something.
I’m sure the devs did a quick search for sexual keywords to clean it up after the news came out
Yeah mine was super bland too which surprised me given I’ve bought stuff off them for 15 years or so. Really only references last couple of years.
I’m sus that they may have closed the exposure that is being reported
I was impressed by how many categories I made about cheese.
It thinks I really, really like Japanese curry.
And it’s goddamn right.
The “manage your information” section doesn’t exist where I’m at.
(Yes, I did a text search)
Instead, we have “request your data” which likely would give you complete files of all data they have on you. I’m not going to crawl through that right now.
Even though I’m on desktop, I had to follow the article’s mobile directions to find the relevant page. Here is a direct link that may work.
“useAiMode=1”? Really?
I selected the request to get advertisement related. Theb they sent a freaking email with a confirmation link. I decided to go through.
After selecting that, they say something like, “it should be completed in a month, but it can take more time because of high request volumes.”
Yeah a database query is going to take a month.
I’ve done data requests to Google to get all my YouTube and Google photos data in the past. Both took less than a few days, despite the latter covering over 100GB of data.
The former I did so I could get all my subscriptions into a third party client, the latter was so I could easily get all my photos with their metadata into an alternative hosting platform. These data request tools can be useful.
Yeah, I’m not seeing the exact link either as described in the article.
That is all that I’m finding, too… I wonder if they already ‘fixed’ it.
I found the “About You” link at the top of the “Ordering and shopping preferences” section.
I was able to find it by following the mobile app instructions. Mine was pretty boring. It had stuff like “Likely lives in (city where I ship my orders)” and “Likely favors (brand of thing that I’ve bought multiple times)”. I guess the most invasive thing is that it guessed I live alone, or rather that I “likely has one adult.”
Seems to be a US-thing. I see the preferences, but they’re all empty.
So the question is, is the data not collected on you, or is it not presented to you?
The second interpretation seems more likely given the context.
Since we can still request data
Its definitely the latter
It might depend on which country you’re in as to what they’re allowed to actually collect. Personally I suspect that they’d have built a profile on me, but they just haven’t rolled this out to Australia yet.
Same for me.
People discovering their apps watch them.
Amazon is definitely going to plug that hole.
It’s not a hole they see it as a service. You can even give feedback on their notes about you.
I wonder if they already did… my account has no such link.
Yeah they have removed it - between when I looked at it on my phone this morning while procrastinating about getting out of bed and now it has been removed from the UK website - the below link still works (modified to .uk)
There’s the ticket… thank you!
Either that or they "haven’t collected any data on me yet… "
Amazon has spent years turning customer surveillance into a business model, and now we discover it apparently keeps detailed records while insulting the very people funding its empire. Nothing says customer obsession quite like treating customers as data mines and punchlines. Bezos built a trillion dollar machine that knows your shopping habits but apparently never learned basic respect.
It also claimed someone kept a “seasonal rotation of decorative goose outfits,”
Now I’m interested
That reminds me that I need to get some new seasonal outfits for MY decorative goose…
This whole thread is just astroturfing for big seasonal goose and you fell right into their trap!
Looking through the info they have on me, it seems entirely made up of information regarding past purchases and shipping locations. It mentioned having 2 people at my address, but said other person has an account linked to mine and with the same shipping address, so it’s all relatively shallow information. I didn’t see any deep dive “HOW DID THEY GET THAT??” stuff that would otherwise be alarming.
Edit: I should add that I don’t own or use any of their Alexa products or any related technology. Those might spy on people a little more thoroughly.
Seems to be an american thing. Sadge. :(
Mine just says I might like brands I’ve bought repeatedly and might own items I’ve bought accessories for.
ITT: lemmy the billionaire hating hard working communists check their billionaire money giving app for a bit of cheeky fun based on all the money they’ve given them
sure buddy, enjoy your starbucks
