A West Virginia judge largely denied Amazon's motion to dismiss lawsuit.

Tech legal expert Eric Goldman wrote that a victory for the plaintiff could be considered “a dangerous ruling for the spy cam industry and for Amazon,” because “the court’s analysis could indicate that all surreptitious hook cameras are categorically illegal to sell.” That could prevent completely legal uses of cameras designed to look like clothes hooks, Goldman wrote, such as hypothetical in-home surveillance uses.

  • @[email protected]
    15•7 months ago

    Amazon’s Product Safety Team specifically inspected the camera to “ensure” that Amazon wasn’t platforming a product being used to “infringe privacy,” “surreptitiously record others for sexual purposes,” or “create and store child sex abuse material.” That review allegedly did not prevent the spy cam from being used to do just that, the lawsuit alleged, putting consumers at risk of alleged harms suffered by the plaintiff

    I didn’t know this was a service Amazon performed, but I guess they don’t really…

    • @[email protected]
      11•7 months ago

      ✓ It’s a camera.
      ✓ It’s hidden.
      ✓ It’s best hidden in places where people take off their clothes.

      Yep, no way anyone could use that for sexual abuse.