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Google hit with $314m fine for collecting data from idle Android phones without permission
(www.androidauthority.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2025
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So of the billions they made with that they have to pay a small fee.
Oh noes
Jail them!
Probably won't have to pay. They're appealing.
They're appalling
They're impaling
Vladislav?
In prison gen pop. Make execs afraid to break the law for profit and/or fund reform for the prison system.
Fine needs to be much bigger. All the decision makers that approved it need to be removed and barred from working in the industry