The people on the Android team who make sure new Pixel phones can be loaded with de-googled ROMs are my heroes.
>Between 2015 and 2022, Google spent an average of $14.9 million a year(new window) on lobbying
This number is a LOT lower than I expected. I wonder if there's an uncovered budget for defending itself from suits which works as a kind of pseudo-lobbying.
Of course it does, what else would it do. It's entire business model and a vast majority of its operating procedure is by default deeply hostile to any real notion of privacy. Try using Google with Tor for example. This is a company that truly hates not tracking as much as possible about everything you do.
Yes Google abuses privacy on a scale never before seen in human history.
The East German Stazi would have been ecstatic to get 1% of the data that Google is able to collect.
Vacuuming up and selling consumer data is not new though, companies have been doing this since before big tech took over.
Google claims to support privacy while invading it. Google also claims to support privacy while opting everyone in by default, instead of opting everyone out by default.
The people on the Android team who make sure new Pixel phones can be loaded with de-googled ROMs are my heroes.
>Between 2015 and 2022, Google spent an average of $14.9 million a year(new window) on lobbying
This number is a LOT lower than I expected. I wonder if there's an uncovered budget for defending itself from suits which works as a kind of pseudo-lobbying.
Of course it does, what else would it do. It's entire business model and a vast majority of its operating procedure is by default deeply hostile to any real notion of privacy. Try using Google with Tor for example. This is a company that truly hates not tracking as much as possible about everything you do.
That's because people have the right to be remembered.
Yes Google abuses privacy on a scale never before seen in human history. The East German Stazi would have been ecstatic to get 1% of the data that Google is able to collect.
Vacuuming up and selling consumer data is not new though, companies have been doing this since before big tech took over.
The Hank Show https://www.amazon.com.au/Hank-Show-House-Painting-Drug-Runn...
Google claims to support privacy while invading it. Google also claims to support privacy while opting everyone in by default, instead of opting everyone out by default.