Google pays $68M to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users (techcrunch.com)

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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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[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

So their voice assistant did spy on users then.

[-] kalapala@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Penalties are so laughable. It's like if after robbery and getting caught you would just need to cover the victims coffee and can just keep the loot.

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