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Maggie Hassan: “What's even more troubling is that the search engine would apparently link users' searches to their personal phone…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2018
What's even more troubling is that the search engine would apparently link users' searches to their personal phone numbers, both making it easier for the Chinese Government to track and monitor its citizens and to develop their so-called social credit scores.
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Maggie Hassan
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Hassan highlights privacy risks associated with Google's search engine for China.

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