Umbrella8335@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoIf you watched certain YouTube videos, investigators demanded your data from Googlemashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down15
arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkIf you watched certain YouTube videos, investigators demanded your data from Googlemashable.comUmbrella8335@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squaretsonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·9 months agoThey never stopped. They said they would stop and then they just kept going. Google is not a trustworthy company.
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·9 months ago“We are going to stop doing [action]” is megacorp lingo for “We are going to stop telling you that we do [action]”
minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoNot doubting you, but do you have a source? Im just having trouble finding what you describe
minus-squaretsonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agoYou’re having trouble finding unpublished information? I think google’s—and all corporations—history of saying one thing to cool off the press, and then doing another thing is proof enough. The fact that they ever gave it is proof enough. They’re just trying to save face.
They never stopped. They said they would stop and then they just kept going. Google is not a trustworthy company.
“We are going to stop doing [action]” is megacorp lingo for “We are going to stop telling you that we do [action]”
Not doubting you, but do you have a source? Im just having trouble finding what you describe
You’re having trouble finding unpublished information?
I think google’s—and all corporations—history of saying one thing to cool off the press, and then doing another thing is proof enough.
The fact that they ever gave it is proof enough. They’re just trying to save face.