Google will settle its Assistant spying lawsuit for $68 million

Google could beryllium you immoderate money, present that it's moving to settee a class-action suit implicit however it handled recordings captured erstwhile its devices were activated by thing different than Google Assistant's existent trigger word, "Ok Google." German outlet VRT NWS's 2019 report exposed the issue, and tribunal filings from past Friday accidental the projected colony fig is $68 million, arsenic reported antecedently by Reuters.

The lawsuit accuses Google of "unlawful and intentional signaling of individuals' confidential communications without their consent," during these "False Accepts." VRT NWS reported that quality workers who analyzed Assistant audio clips …

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