“If You Used an Android Mobile Device to Access the Internet Through a Cellular Network at Any Time from November 12, 2017 to the Present, . . . You Could Get Money from a $135 Million Settlement.”

“The Plaintiffs allege that Google’s Android operating system causes Android mobile devices to transfer a variety of information to Google without users’ permission, consuming users’ cellular data from their cellular data plans. Plaintiffs allege that certain transfers occur in the background, without any notice to the user, including when the devices are in a completely idle state, meaning they are not in use or being touched, with all apps closed. Plaintiffs allege that even though Google could make it so that these transfers happen only when the devices are connected to Wi-Fi, Google instead causes these transfers to sometimes take place over a cellular network. Plaintiffs allege that Google’s unauthorized use of their cellular data violates the law...”

Google got in legal trouble for an activity that violated the Software Developer’s Code of Ethics that I published on August 28, 2016 (available on the FIFO Networks website). Turns out, their action was not just immoral, it may also be illegal. Of course, they denied doing anything wrong.

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