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blueg3yesterday at 10:41 PM3 repliesview on HN

Google is mostly interested in abuse that happens beyond the scale of how many $30 phones you can buy.


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duskdozertoday at 5:00 AM

They're mostly interested in having a complete record of all users' internet activity tied uniquely to their identity.

Barbingtoday at 12:49 AM

I'm expecting a pretty hard identity verification requirement to connect to the internet, which should solve for the burner phone thing.

2ndorderthoughtyesterday at 11:40 PM

Google is interested in, like other tech companies, identifying users by tying them to their phones. Other ai defense companies are trying to get photos and IDs. This is just another take on the same subversive activity.