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Pluralistic: 22 Aug 2022 Gmail will call the cops on you based on the content of your emails – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. Correction: An earlier draft of this story misstated a technical detail; Mark didn’t email his photo to his doctor; rather, he took the photo with his phone and the image was automatically synched to his Google Photos account, triggering a scan. Mark’s toddler had a painful, swollen penis. His wife contacted their doctor, whose nurse asked Mark to send him a picture of the toddler’s penis, because the pandemic was raging and the doctor wasn’t seeing patients in person. Mark’s phone synched the photo to his Google Photos account, and Google’s scanning tools automatically detected the picture of a child’s penis and turned Mark into the SFPD, accusing him of molesting his son. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html Mark and his wife took several pictures of their son's penis, including one that contained Mark's hand. The c

Today's links Google falsely told the police that a father was a molesting his son : Filternets fail. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. This day in history : 2002, 2012, 2017 Colophon : Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Google falsely told the police that a father was a molesting his son ( permalink ) Correction: An earlier draft of this story misstated a technical detail; Mark didn’t email his photo to his doctor; rather, he took the photo with his phone and the image was automatically synched to his Google Photos account, trig

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