[tb303]

FWIW this is from the ATAP group @ google, which is DARPA -> Motorola -> Google. Not Google X/moonshot/rollerblades.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_ATAP

I've seen the tech first-hand and it's super cool.

[metaphor]

Probably worth mentioning prior discussion of controversy[1] mentioned on the Wiki page.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18566929

[mcny]

Thank you for mentioning this. My initial reaction when I saw this was a chilling sadness of "who did Google X screw over to get this?"

I hope the whole Google X nonsense gets scrapped. Doing things like they do has a real chilling effect on sharing of ideas.

[ForHackernews]

Can you expand on this comment a little more? Why does it matter which division of Alphabet corp makes something?

[madengr]

YouTube can censor your videos, but Google fiber can’t, though they are under the same umbrella.

[Buge]

Censorship isn't really a product. Also a website censoring itself vs an ISP censoring a website can be thought of as different actions. A website developing a hand sensor vs an ISP developing a hand sensor seem essentially the same. (Censor vs sensor pun not intended.)