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The reasons of his departure? Military AI, surveillance of Europeans, ethical principles erased.

René Mayrhofer has been protecting the security of your Android smartphone for nine years. He just quit Google for a reason that directly concerns you: the company signed a deal allowing the Pentagon to use its AI for classified operations, and the man who secured your smartphone believes these tools will “probably be used against” European citizens.

Here is the rest of article in French: https://www.lesnumeriques.com/societe-numerique/la-direction-a-perdu-toute-boussole-morale-le-chef-de-la-securite-d-android-claque-la-porte-de-google-n257431.html

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[–] nbsp@programming.dev 98 points 1 week ago (3 children)

google...

moral compass...

lost...

(⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)b

mate, you work for a multinational spyware company.

i think you need a holiday in the mountains.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

spyware company?
If only that.
They created AI drone-targeting software to help the US regime kill children.
Schmidt was appointed by the Pentagon to head the Defense Innovation Advisory Board.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The company whos motto was “do no evil” up until that was too high of a bar, somehow

[–] vapor_body@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can abide evil, but surveillance against Europeans 😱

[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I snorted lolol.

Funniest comment today

[–] vapor_body@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Lol lmao wrong one I meant your reply to the other link I posted. I don't mean "oh this person arguing w you is so dope"

[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

Haha no worries 🫡

[–] vapor_body@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

But not the best, that would be this: https://lemmy.ml/post/48487241/26181321 :)

[–] helix@feddit.org 11 points 1 week ago