I disabled it the day the feature was released. It's cringe-worthy social media trash, and Signal can do better. Same with the scam mobile coin stuff.
While I agree they are unlikely to get a fair trial
I do wonder how much of it was "following orders" and how much was pure bloodlust. Neither excuses this, but the former would be indicative of bigger evil up the chain of command.
The fact that these photos and PII (personally identifiable information) were not destroyed after the verification process was certified is absolutely atrocious OpSec. I don't even care which of the two companies is ultimately responsible, because they are both responsible.
I work in IT, and treat PII like it's dangerously radioactive, because in the digital world, it really is.
They just assume Uncle Sam will bail them out, no matter what. They are not wrong, much to the frustration of a large portion of the US population.
Yeah, this is the case for most "public to private" company moves, and other types of private equity acquisition deals. They are all just a massive shell game to liquidate a company's value and transfer it to those private equity companies. Vulture Capitalism
The only time I ever fell for a "lifetime" software purchase was back when Trillian (the IM client) was popular. That lasted less than 5 years. Then they released "Astas", which was just a UI refresh, but they treated it like it was a whole new company and product. "Lifetime" is always a scam.
"Sharing" is a funny way to word a headline. They are selling it, for a profit, because it's legal. It's immoral and shady as hell, but "prevent it or expect it" applies here.
“Protect your privacy” is literally why we use uBO…
He is facing his second Christmas without his mother
He's a senior citizen, that is such a weak grab for pity.
So Google, like Amazon, is trying to play the "they work for a subcontractor that only supports us, so it's their fault, not ours" card. I really want to see the NLRB smack this pattern down hard and set an example for all the other companies to try to avoid unionization by way of not directly hiring people.
Some day, we'll have a technology sub that isn't polluted with Twitter "news".
Can we get the option to put the voting buttons on the left? Also, view on ipad is truncating the titles when there is plenty of room.
I'm Reading God's Junk Drawer by Peter Clines, which definitely gives off similar vibes.