Privacy: the more, the merrier?: A case study of how Amazon uses privacy protection to expand its power over IoT manufacturers

Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) have historically been used for safeguarding individual privacy from both public and private interference. But lately, tech companies have started using PETs as one instrument for the expansion of their power over different actors, as appears to be unfolding in the case of Amazon’s Sidewalk service: a United...