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Re:Bunny fonts – privacy respecting drop-in replacement for ... by rrdharan on Sunday June 19, 2022 @02:17PM (#31801860)
I see this completely the opposite. There’s much more risk to Google to be lying about the privacy agreement applicable to Google Fonts (https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq#what_does_using_the_...) than there is to some unknown company that won’t be a target for regulators and won’t make any news for casually violating your privacy through shoddy engineering work or incompetence let alone maliciousness.
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Re:Bunny fonts – privacy respecting drop-in replacement for ... by ncmncm on Sunday June 19, 2022 @04:35PM (#31803219)
I perceive exactly zero risk to Google in lying about literally anything at all. Have you ever heard about them being even slightly inconvenienced in response to any abuse?
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Re:Bunny fonts – privacy respecting drop-in replacement for ... by KerryJones on Monday June 20, 2022 @02:16AM (#31806895)
Uh, yes, many times.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-privacy-l...

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Re:Bunny fonts – privacy respecting drop-in replacement for ... by rossjudson on Sunday June 19, 2022 @11:45PM (#31806080)
Do you feel like providing any examples?
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Re:Bunny fonts – privacy respecting drop-in replacement for ... by Nextgrid on Monday June 20, 2022 @09:36AM (#31810189)
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31810185.
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Re:Bunny fonts – privacy respecting drop-in replacement for ... by ncmncm on Monday June 20, 2022 @10:41PM (#31819188)
Status of that, two years on, appears to be complaints that Google is violating its discovery obligations.
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Re:Bunny fonts – privacy respecting drop-in replacement for ... by ncmncm on Monday June 20, 2022 @12:09AM (#31806184)
Lack of examples,you mean?
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Re:Bunny fonts – privacy respecting drop-in replacement for ... by tyingq on Sunday June 19, 2022 @02:24PM (#31801932)
I read that pretty carefully, and didn't see anything about not saving and correlating the visit with other logs they have.
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Re:Bunny fonts – privacy respecting drop-in replacement for ... by Nextgrid on Monday June 20, 2022 @09:35AM (#31810185)
The GDPR went into effect in 2018 and gave companies 4 years to prepare for it. The GDPR has strict guidelines as to how data processing consent flows should be presented, including the fact that it should be as easy to decline as it is to accept.

Yet, Google initially implemented a malicious consent form where accepting is easy and declining is impossible. They only very recently implemented a compliant consent flow which gives you an easy option to decline.

Google has already proven their bad faith and successfully got away with it, along with plenty of other companies.

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