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by Garrrrrr 1247 days ago
Anon gathered around and hacked Sony back in 2011 (mainly) because of the absorbent information they were gathering from everyone's PlayStation 3 consoles. They never stopped gathering an obscene amount of information from their users, and nether did any other mid-major technology company.

Google knows everything about you/us if you use their services. It's really bad, we know. For some of us that's inescapable because of our careers/jobs, or if we use Google search on our own devices on our networks compared to alternative platforms. Even your smart lightbulbs are gathering data on you. Android (AND Android TV) is Google:

> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/android-sends-20x-mo...

2 comments

Exorbitant fits better than absorbent, but it's still an interesting use of absorbent.

Something like "Absorbent nature they have for information" if you still want to use absorbent.

> absorbent information