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American-owned company collects logs when you use their free website - pure evil that needs to be banished; due process is not necessary.

European-owned company gives people literal cancer - system is totally rigged and unjust. More evidence needed.

Yes it does.
Re:Google launches new “portal” HTML element on Friday May 10, 2019 @07:01PM (#19883081)
If mywebsite.com embeds the portal for othersite.com, and user navigates into it, is there a way for mywebsite.com to keep tracking user interactions inside othersite.com?
Why would it not be on the phone?
Larry hasn't been the Google CEO for some time now. I do think the company got caught up in incremental goals and internal PC struggles during Sundar's time, making it feel like yet another large company rather than a powerful disruptor it used to be.
Re:Canada Group Sues Government over Google's Sidewalk Labs on Thursday April 18, 2019 @02:01PM (#19693222)
The filed complaint is talking about the area outside the port that would be "affected" by the light rail.
Re:Canada Group Sues Government over Google's Sidewalk Labs on Thursday April 18, 2019 @04:11AM (#19689527)
They are complaining about Google's proposal to expand light rail in surrounding areas, arguing that the residential land is so precious there and shouldn't be disrupted. Sounds like NIMBY activism.
Also significantly younger on average. China has a serious aging problem, with average age on par with many wealthier countries.
Re:AMP pages displaying your own domain on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @01:59PM (#19684901)
Sounds like a criticism of Reddit moreso than AMP.
Re:AMP pages displaying your own domain on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @01:20AM (#19679949)
AMP URLs are ugly, so cleaning them up is good for users.
Re:AMP pages displaying your own domain on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @01:19AM (#19679947)
Users love it so unlikely.
Instagram is significantly better at filtering out content featuring minors.
You don't have to imagine, you can use it for 30 minutes yourself, it's wild west.
Check out Weibo, there's already a Proud Han army furiously attributing this ban to an Indian-American conspiracy designed to stop China's rightful rise.

The reality is, if you are unable to prevent millions of your users from seeing videos of sexualized children you will get in trouble.

Re:Your Android Phone Is a Security Key on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @09:55PM (#19630479)
This post is not about Google authenticator. It's about making a different 2FA solution for their accounts in particular.
Re:Your Android Phone Is a Security Key on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @04:07PM (#19628295)
This is 2FA for Google accounts so of course it's on Google products?
Re:Google’s new AI ethics board is already falling apart on Thursday April 04, 2019 @12:44AM (#19569393)
Imagination and anger
Re:How Big Tech Built the Iron Cage on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @07:02PM (#19559408)
What a nonsense blanket statement.
Re:H-1B Employer Data Hub on Monday April 01, 2019 @04:42PM (#19548019)
No
It costs $1240 per year in Ukraine. Why not make a deal with Ukraine and house them there? (Assuming we at the same time stop jailing people for drug related crimes which should require medical rehab instead)
There's a lot of variability per-state. Also it's not as exuberant on a per capita basis compared to other wealthy countries that also choose not to treat prisoners like animals: https://steemit.com/prison/@gaby-de-wilde/what-prisons-costs...

The California problems really are: 1. Volume - too many people doing time for non-violent crimes 2. Healthcare costs for prisoners and employees (also seems like a root cause of every major problem in the US) 3. General inefficiency / Unions etc.

Honestly I think the rational approach for the US would be to forget every single issue and focus entirely the healthcare costs. Nuke the problem with either complete government control of the prices in the system or liberalizing supply side thru abolishing of licensing requirements / AMA / FDA / CLIA / etc.

Re:Nokia phones sent identifiable data to Chinese server on Thursday March 21, 2019 @04:46AM (#19450186)
Masking domain name is ineffective security by obscurity. It's trivial to trace where it goes anyways.
Re:Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @01:56PM (#19444866)
They pay immediately then dispute in court.
Re:Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @01:52PM (#19444813)
Nothing will happen to those other sites because for this particular case Google has already changed its practice after the EU filed an objection in 2016. This fine is retroactive to cover the damages made during the 10 years of investigation. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-latest-eu-fine-on-alph...
Is it possible to sue them for this?
Re:US refuses to ground Boeing 737 Max on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @03:08AM (#19376395)
No? FAA makes these decisions.
Re:Andreessen Horowitz is opening an office in SF on Monday March 11, 2019 @09:04PM (#19364462)
Google and Facebook are expanding aggressively in SF also.

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