At least the Verge has the less clickbait headline, mentioning that it was contractors. The original source mentions Google in the headline but the rest of articles only refers to Randstad.<p>One part that is a bit confusing to me is, the original source makes no references whatsoever to any consent form. Usually you can't collect this sort of data without signed consent, and previous reports [0] do mention such a form. I know most people don't read the form, but I'm curious how you can get away with telling someone you're just playing a game and lie so much when the form should clearly state what you're collecting.<p>Still, there should definitely be better vetting of contractors and stories like this definitely look very bad, even if the intentions were actually to help reduce ML bias.<p>[0] <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/29/google-paid-for-face-scans-to-improve-pixel-4/" rel="nofollow">https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/29/google-paid-for-face-sca...</a><p>EDIT: The original article does indeed mention an show a picture of the "agreement".