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+1 reason why you must stop using Chrome and, if possible, Chromium browsers
(Upd: link to a post in Fediverse with tech details https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/112757810519145581)
(Upd 2: MS Edge seems to have this issue; #Vivaldi also has it but it can be disabled; Ungoogled Chromium doesn't have it at all)
#Privacy #Tech #Technology #Browser #Chrome #Chromium #Firefox #Google #BigTech
It turns out Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on `*.google.com` access to private APIs, including your current CPU usageYou can test it out by pasting the following into your Chrome DevTools console on any Google page:
chrome.runtime.sendMessage(
"nkeimhogjdpnpccoofpliimaahmaaome",
{ method: "cpu.getInfo" },
(response) => {
console.log(JSON.stringify(response, null, 2));
},
);More notes here: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jul/9/hangout_servicesthunkjs/
hangout_services/thunk.js
It turns out Google Chrome (via Chromium) includes a default extension which makes extra services available to code running on the `*.google.com` domains - tweeted about today [by Luca Casonato](https://twitter.simonwillison.net
Considering a move from #BigTech for increased data privacy?
Discover 16 Nextcloud apps as alternatives to Google and Apple:
Put yourself in control of your data with calendar 📅, contacts 📞, photos 📷, notes 📝, tasks ✅, passwords 🔒, and more!
16 of the BEST NextCloud apps to replace Google and Apple services
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At the #NextcloudConference Austrian lawyer and privacy activist @maxschrems gave an inspiring keynote about taking on Big Tech in the courts - and winning. Twice! Listen to the harrowing tale of European courts, politicians playing games and lobbying to sell out European citizens' data. And what comes next! #privacy #lobbying #BigTech
https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-conference-2023-keynote-speaker-max-schrems/
Nextcloud Conference 2023 keynote speaker: Max Schrems - Nextcloud
We are pleased to announce that privacy activist and lawyer, Max Schrems, will be giving a keynote at this year’s conference! Max Schrems is a pioneer in the European data privacy movement, most well known for his lawsuits on the Safe Harbor agreemen…Mikaela Schneider (Nextcloud)
Microsoft comes under blistering criticism for “grossly irresponsible” security
Azure looks like a house of cards collapsing under the weight of exploits and vulnerabilities.Ars Technica
🇬🇧 New Rules for #BigTech? The EU's Digital Services Act (#DSA) does not protect you from the surveillance capitalist business model, including highly problematic timeline algorithms and platform censorship.
My comment: https://t.co/aQ59piYHJT https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/industry-friendly-eu-digital-services-act-leaves-big-tech-business-model-intact/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Industry-friendly EU Digital Services Act leaves big tech business model intact
As of today, the largest internet corporations such as Amazon, Meta (Facebook, Instagram), TikTok, X/Twitter, Youtube and the Google search engine must comply with the new EU Digital Services Act.Patrick Breyer
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¿Qué tanto sabe Google de ti?
Lo que Google (y otras) saben de ti
by @pictoline
#privacidad #capitalismodeplataforma #GAFAM #BigTech
Afterlives of the Californian Ideology| Afterlives of the Californian Ideology: Tech Movements, Pioneer Communities, and Imaginaries of Digital Futures—Introduction
The Californian Ideology has been a buzzword for criticizing the tech industry in Silicon Valley for almost 30 years.t.co
- Unrig the ad markets
- Abolish the #AppTax
- Kill #SurveillanceAds
- Make social media #EndToEnd
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/saving-news-big-tech
Saving the News From Big Tech
Download this whole series as a single PDF.Media is in crisis: newsrooms all over the world are shuttering and the very profession of journalism is under sustained ideological and physical assault.Electronic Frontier Foundation
If you want to force Big Tech to support local journalism, fine, but find another way. Don't destroy the link, which is basically tantamount to destroying the web.
https://www.axios.com/2023/06/01/meta-california-pull-news-threat
#OpenWeb
#Privacy
#Encryption
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/surveillance-capitalism-has-led-us-into-a-dystopia/p06p0tdy
(Where we differ with Shoshana, who coined the former term, is that she sees it as a corruption of capitalism, whereas I see it as the natural evolution of capitalism in the digital network age.)
#surveillanceCapitalism #peopleFarming #BigTech #VentureCapital #SiliconValley #surveillance #capitalism #corporatocracy
'Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia' - BBC Ideas
Watch the "'Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia'" video at BBC Ideas. Explore other related content via our curated "Artificial intelligence: What kind of world do we want?" playlist.www.bbc.co.uk