'The last thing America and the world needs is Amazon vacuuming up even more of our personal information,' said Robert Weissman Public_Citizen
"From a privacy perspective, this is a nightmare," said one anti-monopoly critic."From an antitrust perspective, this is one of the most powerful data collection companies on Earth acquiring another vast and intrusive set of data."Amazon on Friday expanded its capacity to connect to and collect information about consumers' homes and private lives, announcing its plan to purchase of iRobot Corp., the maker of the popular Roomba vacuum.
"It's about the company gaining still more intimate details of our lives to gain unfair market advantage and sell us more stuff," he said.
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