Google Rewrites Smartwatch Design Rules With Wear OS 7
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Apple, Google and More Found Campaigning Against Data Privacy Legislation: Report
According to an investigation by The Markup, Apple, Meta, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have been carrying out a coordinated campaign in 31 U.S. states against data privacy legislation since 2021.
The source reviewed public hearing testimony, public comments, and lobbying records in all 31 states, and found a coordinated, nationwide campaign by ‘Big Tech’ to mold the rules to its will.
The report notes that at least 445 lobbyists and lobbying firms actively represented Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, TechNet, and the State Privacy and Security Coalition in these states during the time they were considering privacy legislation.
“For a while, a lot of companies were hoping for a federal law that preempted everything,” said Justin Brookman, the director of privacy and technology policy for Consumer Reports, which has lobbied in favor of stronger consumer privacy protections in many states.
The secretive nature of lobbying work, combined with many states’ weak transparency laws, make it impossible to quantify how Big Tech’s lobbying blitz has shaped legislation. But privacy advocates say the sheer numbers are enough in some cases to overwhelm lawmakers.
Privacy groups say they haven’t been asleep; they just can’t fight the multi-state battle Big Tech is waging. And polling suggests Americans are concerned about their online privacy; they just don’t know what to do about it.
You can read the lengthy report in its entirety on the source website here.
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Meh. Pass a federal law that criminalizes spyware and monetized user surveillance. Multi-billion dollar fines and jail time for violations. See who’s standing when the dust settles.
“Meh. Pass a federal law that criminalizes spyware and monetized user surveillance.”.
So where does Apple’s Nudity Detection software that is embedded into every iOS 15 device fall under? Is it spyware? Or is it just surveillance? Remember Apple controls and maintains that Nudity Detection software, including the ML data that is able to find any nude person within a image.
It’s gross that you’re always fighting for pedo protection.
You’re running out of safe spaces.
That is not how that software works.
Oh, I know what Apple has said that it is there for parents to use on their kids iPhones. However you really have to wonder why did Apple install that Nudity Detection software on every iOS 15 device moving forward. Think about it for a moment, how many parents with kids are actually going to enable that on their iPhones? It can’t be very many that would actually want that running on their kids iPhones, let alone that AI software and data is now installed on every iOS 15 device.
Also don’t forget that Apple is maintaining that Nudity Detection software that is installed onto EVERY iOS 15 device. Whats to stop Apple from just enabling that Nudity Detection software on a non kids iPhone. All we have is Apple’s word, and Apple has been caught with their pants down a few times when they lied in the past.
Hey look it’s Apple!
User privacy is important….until it isn’t.
Hypocritical, laughable. It’s all smoke and mirrors. DuckDuckGo just got caught in something similar – if you’re going to preach privacy, practice it or sit down.
Listen to what I say, ignore what I do. Just like our wonderful Canadian government.