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I hate google as much as the next guy but this seems like just a bunch of minor incidents not worth reporting instead of a major coverup (like imo the title of the article implies).
I don't fully agree with you. It's certainly no major coverup but it's a heap of evidence that goes against this shiny veneer google maintains with the public
Google pretends they are champions of user privacy and protection to maintain trust and enable data collection on an unprecedented scale
When this article shows they are actually leaking private info left right and center, have the most nonchalant attitude towards respecting and maintaining our privacy and evidently 'keeping private info safe' (or should I say 'not being evil') is at the bottom of their priority list
I thought they got rid of that from the list altogether when they realized they couldn’t not be evil while simultaneously maximizing profits
Not really. It's gone from the alphabet handbook, not Google's.
Which was a hilarious bit for me recently with a guy saying "I HAVE THE HANDBOK FOR GOOGLE" and getting all upset despite my repeatedly pointing out that it was removed for alphabet, which is a different company.
It also got moved around in the Google handbook a bit. Still exists though.