• WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    To be clear, I was aware of the risk thanks to previous reports and my work in the cybersecurity space. I’m talking about the average user.

    The name is deceptive, and explicitly calling out a list of parties that may see your traffic without naming themselves is deceptive.

    It’s akin to a guard saying beware doors 1 and 3 - there are dragons behind them. If you hear this from an authority that would know, you’d probably assume there’s not a dragon behind door 2, or they would have said so.

    The perception of “the man on the street” is a common legal standard that I’d argue Google has fallen short of here.