To settle a years-long lawsuit, Google has agreed to delete “billions of data records” collected from users of “Incognito mode,” illuminating the pitfalls of relying on Chrome to protect your privacy.
  • le_saucisson_masquay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Castaneda also noted that the company (Google) will now pay “zero” dollars as part of the settlement after earlier facing a $5 billion penalty.

    I can that a win (for Google).

    • Asafum@feddit.nlEnglish
      6·
      8 months ago

      “HEY!? WHO HERE DECIDED TO CHARGE GOOGLE!? YOU KNOW HOW WE WORK!”

      “Ok, let’s go over this again.”

      “Question one: are they a corporation? Yes? THEN YOU DON’T FINE THEM!”

      “Question two: are they a regular schmuck?”

      “THROW THE BOOK AT THEM AND EVERY FINE UNDER THE SUN! Jesus people how hard is it to remember this? We do it every day!!”