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Google deceived consumers about how it profits from their location data

Google is called out in a lawsuit about the practices it used to profit from collecting end user location data over the span of years while deceiving about it. source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-deceived-consumers-about-how-it-profits-from-their-location-data-attorneys-general-allege-in-lawsuits/ar-AAT5ADk archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2022/01/24/google-deceived-consumers-about-how-it-profits-from-their-location-data-archived-source/
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Google deceived consumers about how it profits from their location data – archived source

Google deceived consumers about how it profits from their location data, attorneys general allege in lawsuits Cat Zakrzewski – Jan 24 2022 Attorneys general from D.C. and three states sued Google on Monday, arguing that the search giant deceived consumers to gain access to their location data. The lawsuits, filed in the District of Columbia, Texas, Washington […]
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Google Assistant Records Audio Even When You’re Not Using It

Concerns raised by privacy advocates got fueled by reports of Google home devices recording audio even when they are not actively used. source: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/262271/20210701/google-ai-assistant-records-company-admits.htm archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/07/01/google-assistant-records-audio-even-when-youre-not-using-it-archived-source/
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Google Assistant Records Audio Even When You’re Not Using It – archived source

Google Assistant Records Audio Even When You’re Not Using It, Company Reportedly Admits Teejay Boris, Tech Times 01 July 2021, 06:07 am Google Assistant records your conversations even when not in use, the company reportedly admitted to an Indian government panel.  So, it turns out that even without saying the word “OK Google,” the AI Assistant […]
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Google installs apps without consent

It was found that Google pushed the installation of software to end user’s Android smartphones without their consent. This example shows that Android Smartphones with the default Google Play services are not really in the control of the user as the company has the power to remotely install and uninstall software as they please. source: […]
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Google installs apps without consent – archived source

Massachusetts ‘MassNotify’ Android app auto-installed, but COVID exposure alerts are not enabled [Updated] Abner Li – Jun. 19th 2021 12:29 pm PT According to many user reports over the past day, MassNotify — the Massachusetts exposure notifications app  — was automatically installed on Android phones without warning. It’s unclear if this was an intentional decision or a bug, but exposure notifications did […]
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Google boosted its own ad-buying system over competitors

It is well known that Google makes a large part of it’s profit via ad revenue, but court documents reveal that they company also used anti competitive tactics to position themselves against other players in the advertisement business. source: https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/11/22378296/google-secret-project-bernanke-ad-buying-competitors-texas archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/04/11/google-boosted-its-own-ad-buying-system-over-competitors-archived-source/
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Google boosted its own ad-buying system over competitors – archived source

Google reportedly ran secret ‘Project Bernanke’ that boosted its own ad-buying system over competitors The information was revealed in unredacted court documents By Kim Lyons@SocialKimLy  Apr 11, 2021, 8:57am EDT Google reportedly ran a secret project called “Project Bernanke” that relied on bidding data collected from advertisers using its ad exchange to benefit the company’s own ad […]
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Google’s AMP is not made to improve speed, but ad revenue

By claiming to introduce new improved technologies Google aims to push their new AMP web framework but in truth the main gain from it is to play into Google’s ad revenue business. source: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/amp-email-bad-idea/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/01/08/googles-amp-is-not-made-to-improve-speed-but-ad-revenue-archived-source/
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Google’s AMP is not made to improve speed, but ad revenue – archived source

The US antitrust complaint against Google shows that the claim ‘to improve speed with AMP’ was false from the start. It is simply a measure to increase ad revenue. 2021-01-08 / First published: 2019-03-27 AMP is an attempt by Google to colonize free platforms such as web and email. Google does not want to make […]
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