Amazon

33  2017-02-24 by kaiser274

I work for Amazon and I have some issues.

You are not allowed to take phones or electronics of any kind in the building unless you have Tier 3 clearance. They state it is because of "loss prevention" to make sure you don't share company secrets, or steal things.

To be Tier 3 you have to be management or higher. To bring your phone in with you, it has to get registered on their systems and given its own ID, not like IP address, more like serial number.

There is even places in the building, as an employee, you are not allowed to go. If you try you can get in deep shit.

So what gives, is there anyone here with the knowledge as to why?

13 comments

n/a  Winter_Folger 2017-02-24

DELET THIS

n/a  casualjane 2017-02-24

Have you personally seen anything that you think is worth keeping secret?

Obviously, Amazon is enormous. Considering their scale and the drone program etc., I wouldn't be surprised if there is governmental affiliation, or if they're at least a piece of their future vision in regards to distribution chains, in either a global New World Order or a post-freedom USA. Those are just random thoughts though; no evidence.

n/a  kaiser274 2017-02-24

The only thing worth it to me would be the robotics, but they just recently had a news story about it. I do know they work with CIA, they brag about it when hiring, but I'm just thinking there has to be something important to keep people pigeonholed, with no outside communication.

n/a  WillRichardRichards 2017-02-24

Its the CIA contract work. They use amazon to monitor and retard the American people.

n/a  zanzibarLunch 2017-02-24

Owner of Amazon is the 4th richest person alive, he also owns the heavily biased Washington Post & a shitload of Google. Could be anything this is the definition of the ultra wealthy 0.1% elite.

n/a  CivilianConsumer 2017-02-24

He also works with the C-I-A, including helping them with their server Network. He literally has state secrets in there, deep state secrets

n/a  EricCarver 2017-02-24

there are places in walmart I can't go into. I don't think that's a conspiracy, just prudent security.

Same with Amazon. There are places you don't need to get to as it isn't necessary for you to do your job. So why would you want to get into them?

n/a  rave2020 2017-02-24

Really like what places ? "the bunker" or "iron Mountain?"

n/a  p8107 2017-02-24

Well walmart does have a huge underground tunnel system...

n/a  FantasticMrToad 2017-02-24

I'm from Arkansas and they totally do. It's just a massive network of cold storage units for all the produce and bodies though. I think it's called Zero Mountain? Tyson uses it as well. Just about round the clock police supervision too

n/a  MarlboroMundo 2017-02-24

The slave factories Amazon has around the country don't want their employees distracted or wasting time on the job. I think it is simple as that.

n/a  ChasManson-In-Charge 2017-02-24

Reptoids

n/a  Romek_himself 2017-02-24

with the things amazon is offering, like cloudservice and stuff, this kind of security is normal

its not hard to download something with a phone or whatever ... on this cloud servers are data from companys all around the world. even in my company only admins are alowed to enter server room ...

n/a  Lint007 2017-02-24

Just get one of those pens from Brookstone with a camera in it. Or the glasses with the same.

n/a  paulino_simon 2017-02-24

I work in information security at a fairly high level and I can tell you this: these rules are becoming pretty standard in data loss prevention policies. For a few years already mobile phones have been banned from board rooms / important meetings. Similarly USB ports are increasingly often being disconnected (either by removing the driver or outright physically soldering/disconnecting the port).

Also I visited NATO headquarters in Brussels some years ago and already mobile phones were banned from the premises for visitors (you have to leave them at the front door with your passport, when they give you the visitor's badge).

So yes, they're putting iron doors on wooden huts. There are still many unimaginable gaps that remain in most places when it comes to DLP.