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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “It is time to choose sides; fascism or morality? Big tech has made their choice.”

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[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Please! I can only boycott a company once. Stop giving me more reasons to boycott! It's redundant!

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Anybody who is not aware by now that Google is one of the most evil institutions on the face of the planet isn't going to be persuaded by yet another example, I'm pretty sure.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You are probably right. Although I have seen a lot of people I'm my community become much more privacy aware and even hostile towards flock cameras when they couldn't care less a year ago.

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 2 points 6 days ago

Eh. Possibly a fair point. I've got a hair trigger when it comes to spotting unethical corporate behaviour, and I'm always looking and waiting for the moral failure that seems inevitable when money enters the picture. Maybe I'm overestimating how much other people watch out for this.

[–] Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just a little evil, as a treat.

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

It's on brand for Google, just look at project Nimbus

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Installed the CBP app mentioned in the article just so I could leave a 1 star review

Edit: the weird spellings around my blurred out name is due to my Pixel phone's Magic Eraser doing odd things

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago

It's intentional, if they'd spelt correctly then people would figure out they didn't work for CBP

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That was my phone's magic eraser to blur my name going outside the lines to affect the area around it

By the way! A lot of blurring algorithms can be reversed! So if there’s sensitive information you should just completely cover it

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What’s happening with this screenshot?

Am I having a stroke?

[–] poke@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It looks like they used an ML image autofill to cover identifiable info? Maybe?

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Magic Eraser doing weird things to the text around my name

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

My built in software makes that more steps than blurring

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Man I cant wait for graphene to make their phone. I don't even want to give Google the money for a new Pixel now.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

They need to connect with the former Essentials Phone staff. It was a former Google employee venture. It was a good clean stock android phone, that didn't get enough attention. They'd be the perfect fit for graphene or a Linux phone

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 7 points 1 week ago

I'm hoping for a good Linux phone and then I'll be totally de-googled

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

They picked the good side, right?

Padme: . . .

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

If you expected anything else you don't pay attention. Only reason they wouldn't support it is if they say it as something that would fail and the criminals prosecuted something not going to happen without a revolution never for "morality".