RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoGoogle hit with $314m fine for collecting data from idle Android phones without permissionwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10cross-posted to: privacy@programming.dev
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkGoogle hit with $314m fine for collecting data from idle Android phones without permissionwww.androidauthority.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square15linkfedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@programming.dev
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoGoogle made 100 billion last year. 300 million is barely a blip. The fine should have been 30 billion. if the fines arent big enough to seriously hurt a company, Then the fines are not big enough to change their behavior. They just become a tax on evil.
minus-squareKekzkrieger@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoIf you earn like 100k a year its like being slapped with a 300 $ fine just to put it into perspective.
minus-squareonesixone@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days ago100k AFTER all your expenses.
Google made 100 billion last year.
300 million is barely a blip.
The fine should have been 30 billion.
if the fines arent big enough to seriously hurt a company, Then the fines are not big enough to change their behavior.
They just become a tax on evil.
If you earn like 100k a year its like being slapped with a 300 $ fine just to put it into perspective.
100k AFTER all your expenses.