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Google is mostly interested in abuse that happens beyond the scale of how many $30 phones you can buy.
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They're mostly interested in having a complete record of all users' internet activity tied uniquely to their identity.
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I'm expecting a pretty hard identity verification requirement to connect to the internet, which should solve for the burner phone thing.
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Google is interested in, like other tech companies, identifying users by tying them to their phones. Other ai defense companies are trying to get photos and IDs. This is just another take on the same subversive activity.
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