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Amazon workers have confirmed via online forums that the VGT3 section of the facility is used for the destructive scanning of large volumes of books.
Corroborating evidence from Amazon worker forums confirms that the specific facility where the books were tracked is indeed a site for destructive book scanning. ✦ AI generated
host · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-08-17 · original ↗
Online forum discussions between Amazon workers confirmed that VGT3 destructively scans large volumes of books.
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- ·Amazon worker forums corroborate book destruction at facility
- ·VGT3 section identified as destructive scanning location
- ·Online discussions between workers confirm the practice
- ·Large volumes of books reported destroyed during scanning
- ·Corroborating evidence from multiple worker sources
- ·Specific facility location now publicly identified
- ·Destructive scanning confirmed—not digitization with preservation
- ·Books destroyed during the scanning process
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404 Media tracked a large bulk order of approximately 1,000 books from a bookseller to an Amazon facility using an Apple AirTag.host · Simon Willison's Weblog · conf 85%There is a widespread pattern of book dealers receiving bulk orders from anonymous, price-insensitive customers suspected to be AI companies seeking training data.host · Simon Willison's Weblog · conf 80%