[HN Gopher] FTC settlement with Ever orders data and AI deleted ...
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FTC settlement with Ever orders data and AI deleted after face
recognition pivot
Author : randomwalker
Score : 38 points
Date : 2021-01-12 16:21 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (techcrunch.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (techcrunch.com)
| stevesearer wrote:
| I've been curious about other data collection schemes such as
| Google's GOOG-411. It provided a free service to users, but
| likely seems to have been an elaborate way to collect voice data
| samples to train voice recognition system. It was shut down after
| a couple of years in action.
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOOG-411
| myWindoonn wrote:
| I appreciate the ability of the government to see through this
| sort of data-abuse scheme. After MoviePass's pivot, it was just
| too obvious that this could happen.
| JadeNB wrote:
| What was MoviePass's pivot? I thought they just announced an
| obviously unsustainable business model that turned out to be
| unsustainable. Wikipedia doesn't obviously indicate any pivot.
| iamleppert wrote:
| So are they going to go back and "course correct" their ruling
| with Google? Of course not.
|
| This isn't anything other than some commissioners at the FTC
| seizing upon an opportunity to make it appear that they are
| actually protecting consumers by a token action. They knew they
| could win this because the company is a startup and couldn't
| afford to fight it. They are minuscule in comparison to Google.
|
| It's business as usual for the real criminals --- the tech
| giants.
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