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The reasons of his departure? Military AI, surveillance of Europeans, ethical principles erased.

René Mayrhofer has been protecting the security of your Android smartphone for nine years. He just quit Google for a reason that directly concerns you: the company signed a deal allowing the Pentagon to use its AI for classified operations, and the man who secured your smartphone believes these tools will “probably be used against” European citizens.

Here is the rest of article in French: https://www.lesnumeriques.com/societe-numerique/la-direction-a-perdu-toute-boussole-morale-le-chef-de-la-securite-d-android-claque-la-porte-de-google-n257431.html

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[-] nbsp@programming.dev 22 points 2 hours ago

google...

moral compass...

lost...

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mate, you work for a multinational spyware company.

i think you need a holiday in the mountains.

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

spyware company?
If only that.
They created AI drone-targeting software to help the US regime kill children.
Schmidt was appointed by the Pentagon to head the Defense Innovation Advisory Board.

[-] helix@feddit.org 3 points 1 hour ago
[-] pimat@feddit.org 10 points 2 hours ago

All of a sudden some people realize who they work for. To be honest it sounds more like someone is trying to safe their image. At least that's my interpretation.

[-] dwt@feddit.org 2 points 31 minutes ago

well, at least he noticed and took consequences.

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago

Well, you gotta draw the line somewhere. Quitting now is still better than sticking around even longer.

this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2026
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