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The claimants say Google Assistant recorded private conversations without their knowledge.

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[–] lolo@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Wow $68 million, for Google, that’ll show em.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s gonna take ‘em at least eight hours to make that back

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 5 points 2 months ago

Oh, I don't think it'll take that long.

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

But definitely enough money to make it clear they were 100% guilty and knew it was gonna be brutal if the case got to discovery.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago

But this still happens.

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Fuck all impact and a tax write off to boot. We need the business equivalent of what a burglar would get if convicted.

[–] awaysaway@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

great, will they stop recording private conversations?