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by hgsgm 1007 days ago
On Android, the Learn More links aren't present, so the privacy invasion is not disclosed at all, beyond the deceptive first-page "summary".
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I don't see it as deceptive. More like dumbed down by removing all technical jargon.

How would you describe the issue briefly to someone who doesn't know what machine learning is? Sure, a lot of people know about it now, but I think much of the general public still has only the vaguest idea, and that was much more true a couple years ago.