Google could owe you some money, now that it’s moving to settle a class-action lawsuit over how it handled recordings captured when its devices were activated by something other than Google Assistant’s actual trigger word, “Ok Google.” German outlet VRT NWS‘s 2019 report exposed the issue, and court filings from last Friday say the proposed settlement number is $68 million, as reported previously by Reuters.
The lawsuit accuses Google of “unlawful and intentional recording of individuals’ confidential communications without their consent,” during these “False Accepts.” VRT NWS reported that human workers who analyzed Assistant audio clips …
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