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Echo Auto
A small speaker that brings Alexa to the car
by tethering to your smartphone for a data
connection.
What it knows: Collects most of the data
from standard microphone-equipped Echo
speakers, along with the location of your car;
whom you call with Alexa.
Why that matters: Cars can reveal a lot
about their owners, such as where they work,
play and shop, and how they drive. Echo Auto gives Amazon the ability to record your car’s location
while you’re on the road, and Amazon wouldn’t say how much of that data it keeps.
Eero WiFi router
Another Amazon acquisition, Eero is a
mesh-router system that can help en-
sure coverage gets to every corner of
your house.
What it knows: Information about
devices connected to your home net-
work; statistics about data usage; per-
formance statistics, including network
speeds and internet service provider.
Why that matters: Eero started out as a less-invasive product, but questions linger about how
Amazon could make use of information about the devices on your network.
Roomba vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner that automatically roams around your house to clean, which Amazon is acquiring
in a still-pending deal for $1.7 billion.
