Another reminder of why I avoid (as possible) all things Google
Posted: 2018-08-13, 15:36
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Anybody want to borrow one of my tin foil hats? It's just a matter of time before there is no refusal, the info is just handed over. But here is the thing. If you do not register with nor use anything Google sells, makes or uses to collect your data, they cannot share it with anybody. The same applies to any site which survives by sucking out information on you the the greatest extent they can.Back in March, as it investigated a spate of armed robberies across Portland, Maine, the FBI made an astonishing, unprecedented request of Google. The feds wanted the tech giant to find all users of its services who’d been within the vicinity of at least two of nine of those robberies. They limited the search to within 30-minute timeframes around when the crimes were committed. But the request covered a total space of 45 hectares and could’ve included anyone with an Android or iPhone using Google’s tools, not just the suspect.
The FBI then demanded a lot of personal information on affected users, including their full names and addresses, as well as their Google account activity. The feds also wanted all affected users’ historical locations. According to court records, while Google didn’t provide the information, the cops still found their suspect in the end.
Google's disrespect of user's privacy remains as the very reason I do not use Android phone.helloimustbegoing wrote:As the subject line says:
Google may track your location even if you disable Location tracking
"People don’t expect what they buy physically in a store to be linked to what they are buying online,” said Christine Bannan, counsel with the advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).
"There’s just far too much burden that companies place on consumers and not enough responsibility being taken by companies to inform users what they’re doing and what rights they have.”
LOL!Night Wing wrote:personal check
A number of places don't accept personal checks, and very few online retailers accept any forms of currency that are not electronic.Night Wing wrote:Or.........buy with a personal check.
I think you and I are thinking of something totally different from one another.Tomaso wrote:LOL!Night Wing wrote:personal check
Haven't seen anyone use those things since the 90s.
I think your idea of a personal check is also different than mine.Isengrim wrote:A number of places don't accept personal checks, and very few online retailers accept any forms of currency that are not electronic.Night Wing wrote:Or.........buy with a personal check.
Here's what I want to know: How much of the information that Google bought actually belongs to Google customers? That is to say - what legal/moral justification could they possibly provide for obtaining data from non-customers? This is no different (and no better) than Facebook profile non-Facebook users, IMO.
Using software tools provided by Gmail and other email services, outside app developers can access information about what products people buy, where they travel and which friends and colleagues they interact with the most.
In some cases, employees at these app companies have read people’s actual emails in order to improve their software algorithms.
Thanks for letting us and Google/Alphabet know so much about "Night *****s credit cards"Night Wing wrote:...
I'm guessing Google knows more about you than it does about me.loxodont wrote:Thanks for letting us and Google/Alphabet know so much about "Night *****s credit cards"Night Wing wrote:...
Hopefully they can't locate your home...
* just a friendly reminder, that Google is what people give them.
I was annoyed enough when they took away the build options for Chromium that allowed building without Sync, WebRTC, and Widevine. But I'm not surprised about this. When will people learn that Google Chrome is, and has been for a long time, the most intrusive spyware ever invented?helloimustbegoing wrote:And now another one:
Google quietly started logging people into Chrome without their consent, and a security expert says it's terrible for privacy
Most people simply don't care about privacy.Isengrim wrote:I was annoyed enough when they took away the build options for Chromium that allowed building without Sync, WebRTC, and Widevine. But I'm not surprised about this. When will people learn that Google Chrome is, and has been for a long time, the most intrusive spyware ever invented?helloimustbegoing wrote:And now another one:
Google quietly started logging people into Chrome without their consent, and a security expert says it's terrible for privacy
ghacks wrote:1. The company plans to add a new preference to the privacy and security settings of the browser to disable the link between the Chrome account and Google accounts on the Web.
2. Visual changes to the Sync interface to make the current status clearer to users (signed out, signed out but not syncing, and syncing).
3. The Google auth cookie will be cleared with all the other cookies when users clear cookies in the web browser.