Google pays $68M to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users | TechCrunch
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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."
  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    9 hours ago

    My lab had a very specific discussion about very specific reagent on Zoom and the next day I got ads for it.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
    3·
    10 hours ago

    So a % of a % of a % of their profits

    That will most surely teach these criminals.

    CAN. WE. PLEASE. START. JAILING. CRIMINALS. THAT. BREAK. THE. LAW.

  • Kallestar@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    12 hours ago

    Maybe I can get Google’s lawyers to help settle a lawsuit my neighbors brought against me for installing spycams in all their bathrooms for a similar portion of my exorbitant wealth. Every neighbor will get an IOU for $0.000069.

    Soooorry. We’re sooooo sorry. Pwease forgive us… actually we don’t care if you forgive us. This settlement prohibits any further indemnification. No wrongdoing, and you’re libeling us if you say otherwise. See ya’ll in court next week.

  • digital_digger@lemmy.world
    14·
    2 days ago

    That’s not even 0.05% of what Alphabet earn in 2025. So it’s peanuts, they continue to harm and do whatever they want.

  • 474D@lemmy.world
    22·
    2 days ago

    So basically, a minimal cost of business? This won’t deter them from the next violation. Probably paid with a smile on their faces