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That’s so weird… I know so many people who know so many good people who work there.

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2024-05-29 18:01:38


Google accused of secretly tracking drivers with disabilities

Google recklessly violated privacy laws to spike ad profits, lawsuit says.

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Google accused of secretly tracking drivers with disabilities

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in reply to Aral Balkan

Paul Lalonde
Paul Lalonde
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it's highly likely that the tracking and use of the data is so fully automated that no person ever even thought "we should collect data on disabilities through the DMV site".
That doesn't excuse the ill-use, but can explain it. Automation leads to all sorts of perverse effects.
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