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When they're synced you mean? no Google can't retrieve them they are encrypted. Also nothing can be retrieved from Chrome remotely, it's a fortress: https://www.google.com/intl/en/…

Why not wait until the identity of this person is verified before piling on?

I'm not quite sure if this is submitted because there is news about new Motorola devices or if it's just another innocent submission, but if you haven't noticed, that post is obvio…

COPPA makes compliance tricky, that is why Google (and others) try to avoid it altogether. There's still no wide agreement on how to properly implement the ‘paternal permission’ pr…

It's the law: http://www.coppa.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Online_Privacy_Prote...

This is pre Google acquisition, pre Google models.

I have. Google Apps support, you get to speak to a real person and everything (unless it was an advanced internal build of Google Now).

I don't see the connection there. Anyway it would appear that the universe has survived that ordeal.

Only reason huh? nothing to do with prettifying the web and making developers happy, because that doesn't benefit Google in any way...

Since when did HN become a YouTube support area?! I personally haven't seen any uptake in ads nor will your anecdotal observations attract any sort of factual comments. Also I don'…

Browse the support forums of carries and device makers and you'll find plenty of such testimonials. They would brick their devices and find themselves without warranty, which is no…

How is it “hypocritical”? they tend to boot malware as well from the play store, which also violates the TOS. This app has bricked the devices of less technical users and left them…

I'm not sure what "Microsoft from the 1990's" or the "Cold War" have to do with anything here. There have been reports of users bricking their devices using the app (check the vari…

You're missing the point, the app is in violation of the TOS, the fact that Google is in contact with the CyanogenMod team about the issues means that it's just an adjustment that …