Amazon dominates the $113 billion smart home market — heres how it uses the data it collects
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"If you asked me three or four years ago what the adoption rate was, it was hovering around about 12%," said Adam Wright, who leads research on smart home and office devices at IDC. So then they can target advertising on the Amazon platform in that way," said Sarah Miller, who founded the American Economic Liberties Project, which also signed the letter to the FTC seeking to block the iRobot deal. Smart lights like the Philips Hue have a new feature that will allow them to turn on or off automatically by detecting your presence based on the disruption to Wi-Fi strength in a room. Amazons alleged anticompetitive practices are being challenged by an antitrust bill being considered by Congress, and in lawsuits filed by the attorney generals of the District of Columbia and now California. "We understand the absolutely sensitive nature of videos, and we do our utmost to ensure that we are being incredibly thoughtful in how we respond to legal requests and protecting the customers interests," Rouhi said.
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