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Re:Google listening in to your room shows importance of priv... by dreamfactory2 on Thursday June 18, 2015 @11:57AM (#9739408)
> If you don't like the company's behavior, /don't use the software/. Simple, clean, and effective in large numbers -- more so than regulation action

By that reasoning, tobacco and asbestos shouldn't be regulated

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Re:Google listening in to your room shows importance of priv... by mondoshawan on Thursday June 18, 2015 @01:49PM (#9740413)
Web browsers are not addictive, nor are they toxic. The argument doesn't hold water in this case because there are alternatives.
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Re:Google listening in to your room shows importance of priv... by dreamfactory2 on Thursday June 18, 2015 @02:48PM (#9740783)
Massive security risk to the user and anyone around them. That's a dangerous and unsafe product which absolutely should be regulated as it can endanger the public interest. At least it's a good thing these innocent developers aren't writing software for planes I guess.
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