From 0636b700fff0a004eb94c35ee8f1b1a2410800a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cyberMonk Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:30:07 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Amazon forces ultematim on drivers to consent to snooping --- rap_sheets/amazon.md | 6 +++++- rap_sheets/cloudflare.md | 38 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/rap_sheets/amazon.md b/rap_sheets/amazon.md index a1932df..bad7139 100644 --- a/rap_sheets/amazon.md +++ b/rap_sheets/amazon.md @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Amazon is the root of abuses of privacy, freedom, human rights, civil liberties, 1. Amazon is notorious for **fighting unions** and **mistreating employees** despite its wealth and growth. 1. Amazon runs an extreme sweatshop that diminishes quality of life. The consequential mental health crisis is [evidenced][callsTo911] by 189 calls from Amazon warehouses to 911 in five years. 1. Amazon has [chickenized reverse-centaurs][chickenization]. + 1. Amazon has put its drivers under AI surveillance and [given an ultematim][surveillanceConsent]: sign the agreement or be sacked. 1. Amazon uses automation that [increases injury rates][roboinjury]. 1. Amazon [enabled covid19-infected workers][covid] to work, which caused several outbreaks in warehouses, then Amazon retaliated against whistle blowers. 1. Amazon coerced a city to [alter traffic light timing][trafficManipulation] so union organizers couldn't use a red traffic light to reach workers. @@ -139,6 +140,9 @@ See also Richard Stallman's [Amazon RAP sheet][RMS], which we will one day merge [chickenization]: https://pluralistic.net/2021/03/19/the-shakedown/#weird-flex [chickenization-cache]: https://web.archive.org/web/20210319201637/https://pluralistic.net/2021/03/19/the-shakedown/#weird-flex +[surveillanceConsent]: https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy8n3j/amazon-delivery-drivers-forced-to-sign-biometric-consent-form-or-lose-job +[surveillanceConsent-cache]: https://web.archive.org/web/20210323164942/www.vice.com/en/article/dy8n3j/amazon-delivery-drivers-forced-to-sign-biometric-consent-form-or-lose-job + [tiptheft]: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/amazon-ftc-pay-flex-drivers-stolen-tips.html [tiptheft-cache]: https://web.archive.org/web/20210315082128/slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/amazon-ftc-pay-flex-drivers-stolen-tips.html @@ -149,7 +153,7 @@ See also Richard Stallman's [Amazon RAP sheet][RMS], which we will one day merge [covid-cache]:https://web.archive.org/web/20210308142716/https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/03/socially-useless-parasite [trafficManipulation]: https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/17/22287191/amazon-alabama-warehouse-union-traffic-light-change-bessemer -[trafficManipulation-cache]: https://web.archive.org/web/20210312181909/www.theverge.com/2021/2/17/22287191/amazon-alabama-warehouse-union-traffic-light-change-bessemer +[trafficManipulation-cache]: "antifeature: cookie nag popup" [oppression]: [oppression-cache]: diff --git a/rap_sheets/cloudflare.md b/rap_sheets/cloudflare.md index 8c7a7ea..ee8919a 100644 --- a/rap_sheets/cloudflare.md +++ b/rap_sheets/cloudflare.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ [RAP-pp]: +[//]: # (https://git.disroot.org/cyberMonk/liberethos_paradigm/src/branch/master/rap_sheets/paypal.md) [//]: # (interesting flip-flopping loop when trying to visit dl.acm.org via archive.org from curl) @@ -115,26 +116,23 @@ CloudFlare is a vigilante extremist organization that takes the decentralized we 1. Voter suppression: CF impedes voter registration, disenfranchising voters in 8 US states (16% of voter registration sites). 1. CloudFlare's **censorship** and reduced access to educational material 1. CloudFlare restricts access to scientific papers. - 1. Universities outsource ebooks to - [Proquest][21], a Tor-hostile CloudFlare - site. [RUC][22] is an example of a university that - closed their library during the pandemic, while online access to - books is subject to CloudFlare's terms and privacy abuses. - Proquest's blockade violates several clauses in the - [ALA Library Bill of Rights][23], - undermines the - [ALA Freedom to Read Statement][24], - and undermines paragraphs 1-3 and 6 of the - [ALA Code of Ethics][25]. More - specifically, the ALA states in their - [encryption guidelines][26] - that *"library vendors should work towards ensuring that all - their websites and online services communicate securely over the - web by using encryption."* and that libraries should *"enable - users to remain anonymous and avoid both **commercial** and - government surveillance."*(emphasis added) Proquest's use of CF - also undermines several parts of the - [Library Privacy Guidelines for Vendors][27]. + 1. Universities outsource ebooks to [Proquest][21], a + Tor-hostile CloudFlare site. [RUC][22] is an example of a + university that closed their library during the pandemic, + while online access to books is subject to CloudFlare's + terms and privacy abuses. Proquest's blockade violates + several clauses in the [ALA Library Bill of Rights][23], + undermines the [ALA Freedom to Read Statement][24], and + undermines paragraphs 1-3 and 6 of the + [ALA Code of Ethics][25]. More specifically, the ALA + states in their [encryption guidelines][26] that *"library + vendors should work towards ensuring that all their + websites and online services communicate securely over the + web by using encryption."* and that libraries should + *"enable users to remain anonymous and avoid both + **commercial** and government surveillance."*(emphasis + added) Proquest's use of CF also undermines several parts + of the [Library Privacy Guidelines for Vendors][27]. 1. ACM's Digital Library is jailed in CloudFlare's exclusive walled-garden despite ACM's intent to be ["open" during a pandemic][28]. The perverse affect is that privacy-seekers are subject to CF's privacy abuses when attempting to access [a paper about privacy abuse][29]. 1. CloudFlare [attacks freedom of expression][30]. 1. When a review exposed CloudFlare's doxxing of whistle blowers, CF [censored][31] the review.