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February 13, 2021 07:17 pm GMT

Amazon's driver monitoring app is an invasive nightmare

Amazon's driver monitoring app is an invasive nightmare

Amazon's app to monitor drivers while in delivery vehicles is called "Mentor" but it doesn't seem to be helping those workers.

A CNBC report about the tracking app comes after Amazon confirmed on Feb. 3 that it is using AI cameras in vans to monitor driver behavior and flag any safety issues. Those cameras are used on top of the separate driver safety app. The app is tracking the driver at all times either on an Amazon-provided device or on drivers' personal cellphones. 

Mentor is made by eDriving, which describes the app on its website as a "smartphone-based solution that collects and analyzes driver behaviors most predictive of crash risk and helps remediate risky behavior by providing engaging, interactive micro-training modules delivered directly to the driver in the smartphone app." Read more...

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