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Google faces $5 billion lawsuit in U.S. for tracking 'private' internet use
nbc ^ | 06/02/2020

Posted on 06/03/2020 6:42:20 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The lawsuit seeks at least $5 billion, accusing the Alphabet Inc unit of surreptitiously collecting information about what people view online and where they browse, despite their using what Google calls Incognito mode.

According to the complaint filed in the federal court in San Jose, California, Google gathers data through Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager and other applications and website plug-ins, including smartphone apps, regardless of whether users click on Google-supported ads.

This helps Google learn about users’ friends, hobbies, favorite foods, shopping habits, and even the “most intimate and potentially embarrassing things” they search for online, the complaint said.

While users may view private browsing as a safe haven from watchful eyes, computer security researchers have long raised concern that Google and rivals might augment user profiles by tracking people’s identities across different browsing modes, combining data from private and ordinary internet surfing.

The complaint said the proposed class likely includes “millions” of Google users who since June 1, 2016 browsed the internet in “private” mode.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: google; lawsuit; spying; technotyranny

1 posted on 06/03/2020 6:42:20 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
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2 posted on 06/03/2020 6:46:01 AM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: BenLurkin

Whatever happened to “Don’t be evil?”


3 posted on 06/03/2020 6:46:18 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: BenLurkin
How do I get my cut for Google tracking me?


4 posted on 06/03/2020 6:50:27 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: BenLurkin
The Google motto:

Don't be evil.

5 posted on 06/03/2020 7:06:35 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Pearls Before Swine

It was a lie.

It was a lie from Day 1.


6 posted on 06/03/2020 7:32:24 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine; COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; jacob allen; ...
The government wants to disarm us after 243 yrs 'cuz they plan to do things we would shoot them for!

At no point in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason ~ nully's son

The biggest killer of mankind

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

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7 posted on 06/03/2020 7:34:17 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: DuncanWaring
It was a lie from Day 1.

Yep.

It's the same as the most ethical administration ever,
and the same as the most transparent administration ever...

8 posted on 06/03/2020 7:38:00 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: All

May YHVH (God) bless this effort.


9 posted on 06/03/2020 7:55:24 AM PDT by veracious (UN=OIC=Islam; USgov may be radically changed, just amend USConstitution)
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To: veracious

Do they even allow Him in court?

Wouldn’t that create a hostile work environment for the lawyers?


10 posted on 06/03/2020 8:09:01 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: BenLurkin

Is Google Obama’s Word Collector? Or is his Word Collector the mirror to the NSA’s surveillance system?


11 posted on 06/03/2020 8:13:02 AM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: BenLurkin

Is there a search engine that is reliable and doesn’t infringe on your privacy?


12 posted on 06/03/2020 8:25:15 AM PDT by Proud 2BeTexan
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To: null and void

Not for Zenas


13 posted on 06/03/2020 8:27:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

GooGle is an advanced Stazi data gathering machine.


14 posted on 06/03/2020 8:43:45 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: Proud 2BeTexan

Duck Duck Go. Works great.


15 posted on 06/03/2020 9:59:13 AM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: BenLurkin

5 billion? Pocket change for Doogle.


16 posted on 06/03/2020 10:00:26 AM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: BenLurkin

I thought Incognito mode was for men to keep their wives from knowing about their porn habits and side dishes.


17 posted on 06/03/2020 10:14:22 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: DuncanWaring

It was a lie.

It was a lie from Day 1.

ABSOLUTELY!!! Virtue signaling SUPERCRIMINALS operating in America and laughing in our faces. Horrific.


18 posted on 06/03/2020 11:03:30 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: null and void

Re: Wouldn’t that create a hostile work environment for the lawyers?

Or just as much for most post-constitutional judges.


19 posted on 06/03/2020 2:01:08 PM PDT by veracious (UN=OIC=Islam; USgov may be radically changed, just amend USConstitution)
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To: BenLurkin

Lately, Google has been giving me the following message—A LOT:

“It looks like there aren’t any great matches for your search”

Hey, Google, when I am searching for work-related items, I know what I am doing. I’m an intelligent, competent adult with a Ph.D. When I do those searches, I usually find what I am looking for. When I can’t, it is Google’s fault, not mine.

Whether I can find what I am looking for or not, I don’t need your arrogant, insulting message!! If you really believe that there are no great matches for my searches, perhaps you should hire me as a well-paid consultant to collaborate with you improve your search results.

No, I don’t code, and I can’t solve those problems you use to screen potential employees. But I know my own important medical/health related field, and if I work with your coders perhaps we can improve your results.


20 posted on 06/04/2020 1:37:05 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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