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Amazon drivers have no reason to be near my home, we have standards.
Lol you're so much better than the rest of us because you go to target instead of amazon
I don't shop at target. Your lack of standards doesn't make me better than you, it makes you worse than me.
So nice your privileged and have options. Not everyone does.
Your zombie consumerism and apathy are your choices, not mine.
Wherever you shop it makes no difference
It really does.
Except when you buy something in Amazon. Your can see your home also for sure in Google Street View, same as you are even in YT and webs with open life cams
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=open+life+cams
Surveillance is big business for big corps, they put it even in your home and your pocket (Alexa, Siri, GPS, smart TV, smartwatches, smartphones, credit cards, discounter apps......). Only leaving your home, going to the shop, in every city you are at least in half a dozend cams. Privacy nowadays is an illusion.
Which I won't, since I don't.
You know GPS isn't survaluence it is just a one way very slow signal.
Yes, this what the people think, a Smartphone is always locatable ⨦50m, except you switch it off
Locatable by the connection to the cell towers. Nothing to do with GPS.
Yes, but that's got nothing to do with GPS.
No, but anyway it's not correct that GPS function only works in one direction- without GPS, location is made with triangulation fron Cell Towers, which give an aprox locatiob. With GPS on they can find you with a precision of few meters. Not possible if GPS works only in one direction and also not slow, if not, an navigation app wouldn't work.
GPS works in one direction. GPS satellites send one-way GPS signals, they receive no information back from your phone.
Yes, very likely.
Absolutely possible. For example Android phones can, and in most cases do, send your location (that your phones figures out from GPS signals) to Google, with your internet connection, either Wi-Fi or cellular data. GPS signals don't need to be bidirectional for that to happen.
Can't you opt out of google street view? Im sure ive seen houses blurred out on there.
Except no one in the house has an Amazon account
I've ordered items from eBay just to have them arrive at my house in Amazon packaging, delivered by an Amazon driver.
Definitely worthy of negative feedback.
I've started checking how they claim they're shipping. If it says 2-4 days but doesn't list the method, I avoid it. Also, always check the seller before purchase. I've noticed a lot of Israeli accounts on eBay, mostly shipping from New Jersey.
That sucks 🤷