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Meta illegally collected data from Flo period and pregnancy app, jury finds (arstechnica.com)
submitted 10 hours ago by misk@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.zip
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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 43 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

This is not about just the data, they were found guilty of fucking eavesdropping. I can't wait to see people defending this as not being true for advertising. Please bookmark this article everyone. That headline is crap.

Plaintiffs in a class-action case proved by a preponderance of evidence that Meta intentionally eavesdropped on and/or recorded conversations using an electronic device, said a verdict form released yesterday in US District Court for the Northern District of California. Plaintiffs also proved that they had a reasonable expectation of privacy and that Meta did not have consent from all parties to eavesdrop on and/or record the conversations, the jury found.

[–] Jivebunny@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I'd bookmark it if it did something. it's not visible at all for seo to the outside world.

[–] ganymede@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

intentionally eavesdropped on and/or recorded conversations using an electronic device

don't be silly. i know that's IMPOSISBLE because i read a headline from a big-tech-sponsored publication which said they can't do that (even though the article - which i didn't actually read - says they can)

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

There are much more effective ways of surveillance...

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Such as?

[–] ganymede@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

anything which doesn't involve me having uncomfortable thoughts about the trustworthiness of a device which i coincidentally am already currently trusting with my embarrassingly human personal details.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 40 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

$10000 ICE will use this data to charge POC women crossing state borders to access reproductive care with murder and deport them.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

No, I think the ones persecuting women for murder for seeking an abortion would be a different agency. ICE will be the ones using this data as a way to target pregnant brown women for deportation.

The US has a wide variety of jackbooted thugs these days; ICE is just the largest.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago

Brown women for now

ICE’s new annual budget places the federal agency among the top 20 most well-funded militaries in the world

Through the president’s signature domestic policy, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, ICE’s annual budget is expected to increase from $8.7 billion to approximately $27.7 billion, with $75 billion allocated for the agency over the next four years.

It’s not going to end with brown women, or brown people, or criminals, or whatever else was promised. No other reason to create such a well funded private military with direct presidential control and far less rules about how they can be used in comparison to the actual military

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Eh, ICE is in the proto Schutzstaffel phase. For now they only abuse and kidnap people who fit the ever expanding category of "foreigners", but we're only one dementia decision away from Trump deciding that it's only his most dedicated bootlickers can be trusted.