{"id":7905,"date":"2026-09-30T17:38:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T17:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7905"},"modified":"2026-09-30T17:38:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T17:38:31","slug":"amazon-delivery-driver-smart-glasses-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7905","title":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s delivery driver smart glasses will reportedly take photos \u2018almost constantly\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Amazon deliveries could soon come with a new catch: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/804962\/amazon-reveals-smart-delivery-glasses-that-guide-drivers-and-scan-packages\">delivery driver\u2019s smart glasses<\/a> will be snapping photos of anything they see while they\u2019re in use, including people and private property. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2026-09-30\/amazon-drivers-smart-glasses-are-going-to-be-an-image-problem\"><em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a> reports that the glasses could take \u201cseveral thousand captures in a single driver\u2019s typical shift,\u201d which Amazon plans to upload to its AI Wellspring platform. When asked if customers will be able to opt-out of this, Amazon\u2019s Viraj Chatterjee told <em>Bloomberg<\/em>, \u201cWe haven\u2019t thought about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Chatterjee claimed Amazon\u2019s only using the data from the glasses to \u201cenhance the delivery process,\u201d adding, \u201cThe intent has never been stuff like surveillance.\u201d The impact of surveillance tech won\u2019t be new to Amazon\u2019s delivery drivers, who have had AI cameras watching in their vehicles and complained about it failing to register secured seat belts, or <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/03\/02\/amazon-tracking-system-counts-delivery-drivers-seatbelt-clicks\/\">forcing them to pull over to take a sip of coffee<\/a>, or having footage from the cameras <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/3\/24\/22347945\/amazon-delivery-drivers-ai-surveillance-cameras-vans-consent-form\">leaked online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Chatterjee also told <em>Bloomberg<\/em> that Amazon\u2019s systems will blur any people and license plates in the images before they\u2019re passed along for human review. <em>Bloomberg<\/em> says Amazon confirmed that \u201cimages from the smart glasses could be obtained with a warrant,\u201d but wouldn\u2019t specify how long it plans to store the images for. There reportedly won\u2019t be a way for customers to see any images Amazon has of them or their property, or ask Amazon to delete those photos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The photos from the glasses will reportedly be of a similar quality to the quick pictures delivery drivers snap when they drop off a package. Amazon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/news\/transportation\/smart-glasses-amazon-delivery-drivers\">says<\/a> it\u2019s planning to put 20,000 more pairs of the glasses in the field by the end of 2027, and drivers wearing them in a pilot program have already made over 275,000 deliveries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1002766\/amazon-delivery-driver-smart-glasses-privacy\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon deliveries could soon come with a new catch: the delivery driver\u2019s smart glasses will be snapping photos of anything they see while they\u2019re in use, including people and private property. Bloomberg reports that the glasses could take \u201cseveral thousand captures in a single driver\u2019s typical shift,\u201d which Amazon plans to upload to its AI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[383,57,46,177,34,109],"class_list":["post-7905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-amazon","tag-gadgets","tag-news","tag-privacy","tag-tech","tag-wearable"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Amazon\u2019s delivery driver smart glasses will reportedly take photos \u2018almost constantly\u2019 - Silvybrand Lifestyle Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Amazon\u2019s smart glasses will reportedly take photos of whatever drivers see while wearing them with no plans so far for customer opt-outs or other common privacy protections.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7905\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amazon\u2019s delivery driver smart glasses will reportedly take photos \u2018almost constantly\u2019 - 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