Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data

Post by applfanboysbgon » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 7:32 PM UTC

izacus wrote: post #148

paoliniluis wrote: post #11

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Agree. Google can't go against the all-mighty state. Just look at what Anthropic did and the effect of that action. There are billions of dollars at stake on government contracts that they can't afford to lose. Reminds me of Mullvad's ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPzvUW8qaWY

The whole notion that Google (or Apple or anyone else) should ignore and flaunt the state is insane by itself. I don't want megacorps to ignore our EU laws just like I don't want them to ignore US laws. They're not people, they don't get the right to disobedience.

Post by daytonix » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 7:33 PM UTC

mothballed wrote: post #147

daytonix wrote: post #126

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You should have been "all ears" during the election...

Chase Oliver was the only non-writein person on my ticket that even bothered to put up much pretenses of running on a privacy and civil liberties ticket.

Post by peyton » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 7:34 PM UTC

SoftTalker wrote: post #134

wmil wrote: post #86

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Cell carriers sell geofenced data about cell phones in an area at a given time to anyone. There's zero privacy. KYC laws mean that his carrier has his name and email address and the feds probably got that without anyone informing the customer.

Or there may be more to the story than he's telling.

Post by baggachipz » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 7:35 PM UTC

solid_fuel wrote: post #62

WalterBright wrote: post #55

I simply assume that everything that travels out of my home through a wire gets tracked and stored by the government. Everywhere you go, if your phone is in your pocket, you are being tracked and stored, and available to the government. Everywhere your car goes, is tracked and stored and available to the government. BTW, the J6 protesters were all tracked and identified by their cell phone data.

> BTW, the J6 protesters were all tracked and identified by their cell phone data. Many of the insurrectionists were also caught on camera in congress after they broke down the doors and stormed the building. Some even took selfies in the offices of various senators and house reps.

Post by daytonix » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 7:37 PM UTC

celdon25 wrote: post #149

smallmancontrov wrote: post #67

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The number of HNers who were earnestly arguing that this was the party of free speech indicates that this absolutely needs to be on the HN front page. > the administration’s rhetoric about cracking down on students protesting what we saw as genocide forced me into hiding for three months. Federal agents came to my home looking for me. A friend was detained at an airport in Tampa and interrogated about my whereabouts.

If it helps you feel better, I voted for free speech and feel that the administration did not hold up their end of the deal. The FTC’s recent “debanking” letter to the payment processors is just theater until something changes. I’ll leave it at that.