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TGhost [She/Her]@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Google Agrees to Delete Billions of Files Collected in Chrome Incognito

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Google Agrees to Delete Billions of Files Collected in Chrome Incognito

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TGhost [She/Her]@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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Google has agreed to wipe billions of records it collected from over 136 million Americans, users of its Chrome browser, as part of a settlement for a 2020 lawsuit.
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    Yes, this will definitely happen

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      • Step 1: move data from files into a database

      • Step 2: delete files

      • Step 3: press release that we just deleted the files

      • Google, probably

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      Can they even untrain an IA with a given set of Data?

      “Bard, forget this ever existed”

      “Sure, I’ll make a copy so I won’t forget to forget”

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        Machine Unlearning is a very active field right now but basically no not really

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      You laugh but it would be really dumb for this not to happen. They would be held liable and most of the data they collect doesn’t come from incognito

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        Sure they will be held liable. Just like everything else they are held liable for.

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          They aren’t liable for much

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            That’s @snooggums@kbin.social’s point

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              Why isn’t there a sarcasm flare on lemmy (heck, on the Internet)

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                /s

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                Back in my day, we didn’t need it! Sarcasm was much more understood on LUE, Gen[M]ay, SA, and DDRFreak!

                (I haven’t been to these sites in a long time, so please don’t crucify me if they’re shitholes now. Other than DDRFreak. RIP DDRFreak)

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            That’s the point… so your original statement does not carry much weight.

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        you are way too optimistic my man, haha

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