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Google has an idea to prevent phone scams, but it'll mean allowing its AI to listen in on your calls (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 6 months ago by solo@kbin.earth to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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Google promised to keep data from the phone calls private.

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Google exists to make money off of you. Unless you are actually paying them, you are the product. It's that simple.

Take with a grain of salt any claims they make about you regarding services they will offer you for free.

[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Paying for a product doesn't mean you are not the product. Corpos will double dip when they have the option.

Modern cars collect huge amounts of data on their drivers despite the company making money from selling the car. Stores will sell your purchase history to advertisers. You can't trust any one with data about you.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 6 months ago

Yes, excellent point. Realistically we should trust no one who stands to make money off of us, even if we are already giving them money.