LinkedIn, Alexander Hanff: “Today I filed a complaint [included with lead link] with the Data Protection Commission Ireland as an open letter against Alphabets plans to introduce their Bard AI into Android Messages app and to intercept 100s of billions of confidential communications for the purpose of training their AI. This is a direct breach of Article 5(1) of 2002/58/EC and in many member States constitutes a breach of criminal law for the interception of communications content. Under Article 5(1) the consent of *all parties* involved in a communication is required before it can be intercepted. This means that Alphabet cannot simply rely on the consent of the user of the App and they know this because they were caught breaking the same law in 2010 with their Streetview cars when they intercepted the WiFi communications of EU persons.”