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Re: Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]

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Post by throwaway290 »

Semaphor wrote: post #244
throwaway290 wrote: post #241

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Did you use any tags in your post? And which tags if you did? Keep in mind that other users can report. If your bag appears in my timeline by misusing a tag I'm subscribed to it's an insta-report because man you can't imagine how many spammers there are pushing dropshipped goods from China. And even if no one reported you if you don't have 2fa etc I'd say it's reasonable for FB to assume your (IG) account was sold, h…

Not sure about IG, but my FB account has a yubikey. The only tag was the brand of the bag

I see, if IG is linked to FB login then I guess that's bad and/or broken on their part. Because it implies you log in via FB login I suppose? (I don't connect my account)

Re: Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]

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Post by bombcar »

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK wrote: post #94
shermozle wrote: post #34

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Because affiliate marketing is cesspool of scammers doing scams at scale. I say this as someone who's measured marketing performance of these channels over the years.

So basically Google, with its smart algorithms, is doing 20x better job at weeding out scammers, than a company can do it itself?

Google itself isn't scamming the advertisers (much) - and individual scammers have no real way to use Google to make money for themselves.

Whereas anyone who signs up for an affiliate account can scam Amazon pretty easily, even just by routing all purchases they'd normally make through it for a discount.

Which is why I'm a bit annoyed they got rid of Amazon Smile, as it was a pretty decent way to "scam" Amazon with them fully knowing - you'd route through Smile and your charity would get the affiliate percentage.

Re: Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]

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Post by thrw_aus »

optimalsolver wrote: post #246
thrw_aus wrote: post #74

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I unironically have no issue with racists being locked out of their homes. Perhaps with the doorbell robot giving them sarcastic responses to their pleas.

You're the best person in this thread.

Of course you have to clarify that you mean white racists, because you'd be the most racist person in this thread if you meant the 33% of blacks who want miscegenation to be banned again: https://i.redd.it/fwgz4oyty85b1.png

I guess we should burn your house down just in case.

Re: Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]

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Post by marssaxman »

DubiousPusher wrote: post #237
arethuza wrote: post #125

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"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can." Thucydides , ~5th century BC

In the absence of law, there is only power.

Same is true in the presence of law; there's just more bureaucracy.

Re: Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]

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Post by flagrant_taco »

comboy wrote: post #116
unreal37 wrote: post #111

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If you attempt to use a credit card that you haven't used in years, the bank will similarly ask you to verify your identity. I don't think it's weird that unused valuable accounts need re-identification when you start to use them again. I don't mind anti-spam measures in cases which are common spam techniques. Hijacking unused accounts is common enough to warrant an approach like this.

But instagram is not a bank. I understand not wanting yet another company to have my photo (which nowadays is pretty much knowing who you are) + phone number. Plus it shouldn't require personal identification to post a photo online, especially given how easy it has became to filter out illegal content automatically.

Posting to Instagram really isn't the same as posting a photo to the internet in general though. That for-profit business is running the software, hosting the servers, and writing their own terms of service, they can block what they want at that point.

The real fundamental change after the dot om bubble was that the open web effectively died and was replaced with a handful of walled gardens. If you have your own site and post pictures to it there are very few that can stop you, posting to Instagram and you're effectively politely requesting a company to take rights to your photo and host or online if they would be so kind.

Re: Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]

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Post by Semaphor »

throwaway290 wrote: post #251
Semaphor wrote: post #244

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure about IG, but my FB account has a yubikey. The only tag was the brand of the bag

I see, if IG is linked to FB login then I guess that's bad and/or broken on their part. Because it implies you log in via FB login I suppose? (I don't connect my account)

> Because it implies you log in via FB login I suppose? (I don't connect my account)

I have no idea, and I can’t check any more :D

I have not had to login since I last reinstalled my computer last year, the session simply continued.

Re: Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]

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Post by mcherm »

andsoitis wrote: post #84
DeathArrow wrote: post #67

Of course, it's not cool that Amazon can terminate anyone's account as they please. But I suppose it's their right. The real problem is Amazon having monopoly. If there were some true competition, I couldn't care less about Amazon closing my account as I could go to a competitor.

> The real problem is Amazon having monopoly. What does Amazon have a monopoly on?

> What does Amazon have a monopoly on?

Audiobooks.

https://doctorow.medium.com/why-none-of-my-books-are-availab...

Re: Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]

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Post by mensetmanusman »

permo-w wrote: post #160
Yeri wrote: post #28

Summary: The YouTuber had his Amazon affiliate account canceled after 7 years without warning or evidence of wrongdoing. The reason given was that purchases made through his links were for personal use or made by friends and family, which he denies. He finds the timing suspicious as it came a week after he made a video criticizing Amazon for canceling a customer's account for a racist doorbell claim. He argues that t…

similarly, a few days ago I was working on a project with a couple of people and I had our meeting notes in a Google Doc. I went to share the doc with the people and was told that it wouldn't be possible due to "inappropriate content". after a quick scan of the text I realised that it was because the notes contained the word "imagery" - in relation to a logo. once removed, the problem went away, but it's disgusting t…

The white collar priests of silicon valley will save us from our sins

Re: Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]

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Post by Garvi »

A few years back I bought a new Motorolla phone(for the replaceable battery) from the official Motorolla US Amazon store. I received a broken device with the packaging seal broken and the antenna not working at all. It was clearly a previously returned device that I also sent back.

So that's the reality of how they do business.

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