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Android engineer leaves Google amid concerns over defense partnerships

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Editor's take: Google has long moved away from its "don't be evil" motto, instead deepening its involvement with US defense-related initiatives. The company is reportedly providing expanded access to its AI services for the Department of Defense, including programs associated with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The shift has reportedly prompted some longtime engineers with ethical objections to leave the company.

René Mayrhofer, a principal software engineer for Android Security and self-described pacifist and privacy advocate, has resigned from Google. The engineer had worked at Mountain View since 2017 but said he had become increasingly dissatisfied with what he sees as the company's departure from its previously stated – and repeatedly reaffirmed – moral principles.

In a personal farewell notesent to colleagues and obtained by Business Insider, Mayrhofer said he felt he...

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