Google sued for $ 5.000 billion for spying through Chrome's incognito mode
The world was shocked when the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica case was revealed, but nothing has really changed. After all that, the internet giants are still going through the lining of user privacy. The most flagrant case would be the collection of data by Google in Chrome's incognito mode.
Such incognito data collection from Chrome has earned Alphabet Inc (Google's parent company) a high demand. Specifically, a lawsuit worth about 5.000 million dollars has been filed for going through the privacy lining. They are accused of collecting information related to web browsing despite using incognito mode.
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The problem is that we all want certain services and / or tools without paying for them. The big companies in the technology sector know this and offer us these tools at no apparent cost. All of these companies make millions and have dozens of workers, so how do they do it? Well, selling our behaviors on the network to third companies, so we pay, but with our information.
Regarding the lawsuit, it has been filed in the Federal Court of San José, California. Google is accused of collecting data through services such as Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager, and web plug-ins. The report indicates that: "it helps the search engine to know the users' friends, their hobbies, as well as their favorite products, their shopping habits, as well as the most intimate and potentially embarrassing things that users look for on the Internet"
In addition, the lawsuit specifies that Google: "cannot continue to participate in the covert and unauthorized collection of data from virtually all Americans with a computer or phone."
Theoretically, the incognito mode of Chrome and other browsers what it offers the user is privacy from prying eyes. The veracity of this implementation in this and other browsers has always been questioned by security researchers. This lawsuit seeks to award each user $ 5.000 for violating federal wiretapping laws and privacy laws of the State of California.
Source: wccftech
