+0.40 Google to ban financial lending apps from accessing user photos, contacts (www.pcmag.com)
286 points by satoshiiii 1059 days ago | 161 comments on HN | Moderate positive ~lite vlite-1.4
Summary ~lite Digital Rights Acknowledges
PCMag reports on Google's policy change to ban financial lending apps from accessing user photos and contacts.
EQ 0.60
SO 0.70
TD 0.50
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 2 evals
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Audit Trail 6 entries
2026-02-28 10:30 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.40) - -
2026-02-28 10:30 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 10:30 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.40 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's policy change regarding financial lending apps
2026-02-28 10:24 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.20) - -
2026-02-28 10:24 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.20 (Mild positive)
reasoning
Tech news with privacy rights
2026-02-28 10:24 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -