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Google is Working on a Recall Feature for ChromeOS - Thurrott.com (www.thurrott.com)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I got as far as the second paragraph, which consists of the following quote from a Google VP:

“I’m not going to talk about Recall, but I think the reason that some people feel it’s creepy is when it doesn’t feel useful, and it doesn’t feel like something they initiated or that they get a clear benefit from it”

That's somehow worse than I imagined. I can at least understand being intentionally sinister, or overtly anti-privacy, but that level of delusion is somehow actually more terrifying.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

This is the company that couldn't understand why Google Glass failed so hard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I can imagine those guys arguing about "legitimate interests" because data that isn't monetised is worthless or something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I know we're all thinking it, but people paying attention feel that way because... it’s creepy, it's not useful, it's not something they initiated, and they don't get a clear benefit from it.