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."
  • digital_digger@lemmy.world
    9·
    7 hours 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
    33·
    16 hours 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

  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    28·
    16 hours ago

    Didn’t see it in the article, but who gets this money? Do they send the 4 billion people using Android $0.017 for illegally spying on them?

    The idea that sending the money to the people would cost outrageously more than the payout shows how ludicrously small the payout is.