• pmmeyourtits@ani.social
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          1 year ago

          Let’s be real for a moment, when has legality stopped Google?

          I’m not saying you’re wrong, but until relatively recently countries have not been holding Google or other big tech companies to task beyond a measily small percentage of their annual revenue

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              1 year ago

              Actually no, my statement “until recently” was referring to GDPR. I think GDPR is amazing and I’m glad we have it even if I’m an American.

              The rest of your statement is fairly factual. The only point I could consider is someone would have to prove the keyboard is tracking us which unless someone at Google wants to whistleblower isn’t the easiest task. Whistleblowers have their own issues to content with.

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              1 year ago

              I don’t think it would be insane at all. I just think it’s unlikely. Big well known companies do wildly illegal stuff all the time, for instance, Meta (Facebook) in the article posted here.

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          1 year ago

          In evaluation of threats, that standard is way too high. The possibility is real even if unlikely. Unlikely things happen daily we just can’t predict which ones, because they’re each unlikely.

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          1 year ago

          I was pointing out that the poster was likely referring to Gboard, not that I have knowledge about any data being collected by Gboard or any other keyboard software.