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RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago

Google hit with $314m fine for collecting data from idle Android phones without permission

www.androidauthority.com

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Google hit with $314m fine for collecting data from idle Android phones without permission

www.androidauthority.com

RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago
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Google has been ordered to pay $314.6 million to Android phone users in California for collecting data from idle phones.
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    So of the billions they made with that they have to pay a small fee.

    Oh noes

    Jail them!

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      Jail them!

      In prison gen pop. Make execs afraid to break the law for profit and/or fund reform for the prison system.

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      Probably won’t have to pay. They’re appealing.

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        They’re appalling

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          They’re impaling

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            Vladislav?

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      Fine needs to be much bigger. All the decision makers that approved it need to be removed and barred from working in the industry

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