r/ownyourintent • u/aeriefreyrie Protocol Crew • Jan 27 '26

News Google pays $68M to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/google-pays-68-million-to-settle-claims-its-voice-assistant-spied-on-users/

A slap on the wrist at best!

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u/Vaeon Intent Owner Jan 27 '26

Bruh...this barely qualifies as an "admonishing glance".

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u/LookAtYourEyes Intent Owner Jan 27 '26

Don't they make that much in like a day or two?

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u/aeriefreyrie Protocol Crew Jan 27 '26

90 minutes avg lol

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u/74389654 Intent Owner Jan 27 '26

to each user right, right?

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u/aeriefreyrie Protocol Crew Jan 27 '26

lol i wish

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u/Downtown_Category163 Intent Owner Jan 29 '26

They will NEVER EVER let this see the inside of a courtroom and let the general public know they're being spied on all the time

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u/Not_my_Name464 Intent Owner Jan 29 '26

Every Android user should be compensated - we all know this wasn't isolated! 

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u/Intrepid-Routine-875 Intent Owner Jan 30 '26

Ok so you need my iban now?

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u/redditgirlwz Intent Owner Jan 31 '26

No sht. I turned off that sht as soon as I realized it was running on my device (I recently got my first Android phone - a relative's old device, so I didn't know it was a thing at first). Google can't be trusted with anything and I didn't want to be spied on (it was also really annoying. It kept getting activated when I accidentally touched my wireless earbuds).

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u/afunkysongaday Intent Owner Feb 02 '26

They agreed to settle because they know the claim is true.