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Google settled out of court twice this week for spying on consumers, at a cost of about a "billionaire's nickel" each time.
Okay. We don't have concrete proof that they found a way to spy on our conversations, through their open source platform, and their dedicated proprietary closed hardware. I get that.
This whole conversation feels like arguing to defend an abusive uncle from one very specific violation of trust. I get it, he we can't prove he did that one thing.
It changes nothing.
I think this thing where they use predictive analytics to read your mind is worse than listening to your phone's mic. It's more invasive.
I agree. But everyone sure they're not also listening to the microphone is giving them way too much credit.
If they're not listening to the microphone, that could change any day, and cost them another billionaire's nickel in another five or ten years.