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Google will pay $68M to settle claims its Assistant recorded users without consent 📱
The lawsuit says “false activations” captured private chats since 2016, data later used for ads 🧠
A reminder of the tension between convenience and consent 🔍

🔗 https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/google-assistant-privacy-lawsuit-settlement/

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Google settles $68 million lawsuit after allegedly recording users' private conversations for alarming reason: 'Must be nice to just buy your way out'

Google has agreed to pay $68 million to resolve claims that its Google Assistant feature captured audio without consent.

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