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Google pays $68M to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users (techcrunch.com)
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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/41122324

Google did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement of the class-action case, which accused the firm of "unlawful and intentional interception and recording of individuals’ confidential communications without their consent and subsequent unauthorized disclosure of those communications to third parties."

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[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

You'd rather have them drag it out in court until the person can't afford to fight the case?

[-] unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago

I think we would all prefer if the US would stop pretending the 6th amendment didn't exist and if trials could be carried out without endless delays.

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

The sixth amendment is for criminal cases.

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