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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 17 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

So their voice assistant did spy on users then.

[–] kalapala@sopuli.xyz 13 points 21 hours 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.