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Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening
Like FLoC and Privacy Sandbox before it, Google Chrome’s Manifest V3 is another example of the inherent conflict of interest that comes from Google controlling both the dominant web browser and one of the largest internet advertising networks.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Well, well, well. Google has admitted something very important.
https://news.itsfoss.com/google-chrome-incognito-mode/
Google Discloses That Incognito Mode in Chrome Isn't Entirely 'Private'
Google is informing users what incognito mode really is...Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)
Eben. Chrom(ium) ist die Pest in Sachen #Datenschutz. Voll die Datenschleuder - wie alles von #Google 🤦
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/new-privacy-badger-prevents-google-mangling-more-your-links-and-invading-your
#privacy #extension #google
New Privacy Badger Prevents Google From Mangling More of Your Links and Invading Your Privacy
We released a new version of Privacy Badger that updates how we fight “link tracking” across a number of Google products. With this update Privacy Badger removes tracking from links in Google Docs, Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Images results.Electronic Frontier Foundation
A new low, even for #Google. Giving Google permission to share information about you with third-party websites is being falsely advertised as an "ad privacy feature". This is privacy washing at its most extreme. But it gets even worse.
There is a dark pattern on the second screenshot. It isn't just informing you about the fake privacy features. Clicking on "Got it" actually turns on these features that allow Google to use your recent browsing history for ads on third-party websites:
#Google is trying again to convince you, YES YOU, to contribute for free to Google Maps.
Please don't.
It is 100% #proprietary, Google has full control over the data you added and people can only access Google Maps over proprietary channels where Google dictates the rules. This gives them too much power.
Contribute to #OpenStreetMap instead, it's a project by the community, for the community.
#OSM #GoogleMaps #PSA #scam #capitalism #OpenData
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.OpenStreetMap
PSA: Google has now begun to roll-out the Ad Topics "feature" onto Android itself. It's not just in Chrome you have to disable the settings. Please #Boost to spread awareness.
If you didn't get the pop-up screen on your Android device (it'll look like the first two screenshots), to opt-out of these settings:
- Go to your device Settings
- Press on "Google"
- Press on "Ads"
- While you're here, press on the "Delete Advertising ID" button and delete it
- Press on "Ad Privacy"
- Review: "Ad Topics", "App-suggested ads", and "App Measurement". Make sure they are all labelled as "OFF". (This page will look like the third screenshot.)
If you don't see "Ad Privacy" in Step 4 then it means that it hasn't been rolled out to you yet. You might need to wait and check back in a couple of days to see if/when it has been implemented to disable these settings.
EDIT: There's another setting to review. In step 2, scroll to "Personalize using shared data". Turn everything off.
#Android #Google #Privacy #AdTopics
So Nextcloud believes:
"#Privacy is a fundamental human right" Only posts videos to #Google's #YouTube.
"building #decentralized alternatives" Only posts videos to a centralized platform.
"We believe in open source" only post Videos to a proprietary platform.
"We value sustainability". Only posts videos to the platform using the most energy.
"users time is important", Only posts to a platform with forced ads.
"fostering diversity/community." Avoids community video networks eg #Peertube.
🤔
![STOP USING CHROME
WEBPAGES WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN PERSONAL DATA
YEARS OF COOKIES yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for storing data on your USERS WITH ADBLOCK
Wanted to get data anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called “<form>”
“Yes please give me ADS based on what I searched yesterday. Please give me PERSONALIZED RESULTS” - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged
LOOK at what Chrome has been demanding your Respect for all this time, with all the browser engines & JS runners we build for them
(This is REAL Code, done by REAL Browser Engineers):
[Chrome "Turn on sync?" dialogue]
?????
[Enhanced ad privacy in Chrome dialogue]
???????
[Web Environment Integrity API diagram]
???????????????????????
"Hello I would like [Ad - http://www.obstreaming.site/ | OBS Steam - Start streaming quickly] please"
They have played us for absolute fools](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1142604 "STOP USING CHROME
WEBPAGES WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN PERSONAL DATA
YEARS OF COOKIES yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for storing data on your USERS WITH ADBLOCK
Wanted to get data anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called “<form>”
“Yes please give me ADS based on what I searched yesterday. Please give me PERSONALIZED RESULTS” - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged
LOOK at what Chrome has been demanding your Respect for all this time, with all the browser engines & JS runners we build for them
(This is REAL Code, done by REAL Browser Engineers):
[Chrome \"Turn on sync?\" dialogue]
?????
[Enhanced ad privacy in Chrome dialogue]
???????
[Web Environment Integrity API diagram]
???????????????????????
\"Hello I would like [Ad - http://www.obstreaming.site/ | OBS Steam - Start streaming quickly] please\"
They have played us for absolute fools")
Yes, you can ditch #GoogleMaps now..
#OrganicMaps is here. Use it while offline and feel good about a #privacy-respecting app that doesn't suck you dry of your personal information. Based on #OpenStreetMap this app is gonna blow #Google #Maps out of the water (hopefully ;)
Organic Maps: Offline Hike, Bike, Trails and Navigation
Fast detailed offline maps for travelers, tourists, drivers, hikers and cyclists created by MapsWithMe (Maps.Me) app founders.organicmaps.app
Suchmaschinen Marktanteile in Deutschland (2022)
Die beliebtesten Suchmaschinen in Deutschland mit aktuellen Marktanteilen (Desktop/Mobil) und der Entwicklung von 2001-2022 📈Mario Di Bari (SEO-Summary.de | Tipps zur Suchmaschinenoptimierung)
Why Google things for yourself when you can build a pair of googly eyes to #Google things for you?
That’s what YouTuber @kevsmac did, and he even added a speaker so the eyes can tell you what they’re looking at.
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/these-googly-eyes-google-what-they-see/
These googly eyes Google what they see - Raspberry Pi
Kevin McAleer built a pair of googly eyes that Google what they can see before announcing a description via a mini speaker. How convenient.Ashley Whittaker (Raspberry Pi)
![A screenshot of a Google search results for "country in africa that starts with k" on 14 August 2023 that reads:
Google
[search box query]
country in africa that starts with k
[top result]
While there are 54 recognized countries in Africa, none of them begin with the letter "K". The closest is Kenya, which starts with a "K" sound, but is actually spelled with a "K" sound.
• https://www.emergentmind.com > d..
Did you know that there is no country in Africa that starts with the letter "K"?
About featured snippets
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Google
[search box query]
country in africa that starts with k
[top result]
While there are 54 recognized countries in Africa, none of them begin with the letter \"K\". The closest is Kenya, which starts with a \"K\" sound, but is actually spelled with a \"K\" sound.
• https://www.emergentmind.com > d..
Did you know that there is no country in Africa that starts with the letter \"K\"?
About featured snippets
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Las empresas fiscales han estado compartiendo información confidencial de millones de contribuyentes con #Meta y #Google, a través de píxeles de seguimiento que se utilizan con fines publicitarios.
El Congreso de EE UU presentó la investigación 👇
https://www.technologyreview.es/s/15553/como-accedieron-meta-y-google-datos-fiscales-privados
Cómo accedieron Meta y Google a datos fiscales privados
Todo lo que necesitas saberMIT Technology Review
If WEIis implemented It will probably split internet in two. One AOL like network dominated by megacorp from hardware to software and one free based on open stack. The later will be probably more expensive to access ( less hardware available, and more difficult to access for non tech people)
#Mozilla has published its position on the "Web Environment Integrity API" proposal put forward by the #Google #Chrome team.
First paragraph: "Mozilla opposes this proposal because it contradicts our principles and vision for the Web."
https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/852#issuecomment-1648820747
Request for Position: Web Environment Integrity API · Issue #852 · mozilla/standards-positions
Request for Mozilla Position on an Emerging Web Specification Specification Title: Web Environment Integrity API Specification or proposal URL (if available): https://rupertbenwiser.github.io/Web-E...GitHub
#Tecnoafecciones En cada lugar donde se establece un proyecto extractivo, los procesos de resistencia se levantan con fuerza.
‼️En 2019, vecinos y vecinas se organizaron para luchar contra la construcción de un centro de datos de #Google en Cerrillos, Santiago de Chile.
Esta lucha implicó desafiar el apoyo que las autoridades locales y nacionales brindaron a la transnacional tecnológica
Guerra del agua en Cerrillos: Google enfrenta arremetida legal por megaproyecto de data center
Según el municipio de Cerrillos, el proyecto de data center de Google Chile adolece de una serie de falencias en su tramitación ambiental.Leonardo Cárdenas (La Tercera)
On Monday morning we (Mozilla) detected a very large crash spike affecting #Firefox users on Linux, specifically on an older version of a Debian-based distribution.
It turned out to be an interesting bug involving the #Linux kernel and #Google JavaScript code so let me tell you about it.
A thread 🧵
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839669 1/6
1839669 - Google Images search reproducibly causes tab crash
ASSIGNED (jdemooij) in Core - JavaScript Engine. Last updated 2023-06-23.bugzilla.mozilla.org
Sure, but face it: the scientific literature is not featured by the news media, and not often presented in forms that are likely to gain public appreciation.
Proposing: 1) Do what the devious disinformation specialists do: focus on youtube content - with plain language.
2) Regulate #Google to have it label youtube bullshit that is bullshit as bullshit -- or to put nicely: There is no credible evidence to make the claims within this video.
#linux #update #foss #youtube #google #invidious #dev #legal #threat
YouTube legal team contacted us · Issue #3872 · iv-org/invidious
They don't understand that we never agreed to any of their TOS/policies, they don't understand that we don't use their API. What now? Things will continue normally until they can't anymore. Assume ...GitHub
Google's new .zip and .mov domains are a security incident waiting to happen
⚠️ Una nube se hace con agua: Los impactos ambientales de la tecnología
👉El sistema de enfriamiento del data center que #Google prevé instalar en #Uruguay demandará hasta 7.600 metros cúbicos de agua potable por día, un volumen que equivale al consumo diario de 55 mil personas.
➡️ https://brecha.com.uy/una-nube-se-hace-con-agua/
So Google is now preventing people from removing location data from photos taken with Pixel phones.
Remember when Google's corporate motto was "don't be evil?"
Obviously, accurate location data on photos is more useful to a data mining operation like Google.
From Google: "Important: You can only update or remove estimated locations. If the location of a photo or video was automatically added by your camera, you can't edit or remove the location."
It's enshitification in action.
Source: https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6153599?hl=en&sjid=8103501961576262529-AP
#technology #tech @technology #business #enshitification #Android #Google @pluralistic #infosec
Luego de casi dos décadas parece que el reinado absoluto de #Google podría estar llegando a su fin por una cuestión generacional 🤳
Hay estudios que indican que la llamada generación Z recurre más a #TikTok e #Instagram
➡️ https://www.eldiario.es/tecnologia/acaba-google-generacion-z-abre-abanico-busquedas_1_10140420.html
¿Se acaba la era Google? La generación Z abre el abanico de las búsquedas
Durante casi dos décadas, Google ha sido una de las constantes de la vida digital. Su penetración en todos los tipos de usuario ha sido total, hasta el punto de que el término 'googlear' está incluido en el diccionario Oxford y la RAE lo tiene en su …Carlos del Castillo (elDiario.es)
rocking a few #crostini apps (so, Debian software), and some Chromebook optimized apps from the Play Store, also.
@andrewstroehlein : #Arabia sponsoring the Women’s World Cup is like a butcher sponsoring Veganism Awareness Week.
@dbattistella : Yes, and like Big Oil leading the #COP28 Conference
@aral : Or like #Google sponsoring privacy conferences.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/02/16/saudi-arabias-newest-sportswashing-strategy-sponsorship-womens-world-cup
Saudi Arabia’s Newest Sportswashing Strategy: Sponsorship Of Women’s World Cup
FIFA’s decision to award Saudi Arabia’s state tourism authority sponsorship of the 2023 Women’s World Cup shows shocking disregard for suffering and repression of Saudi’s courageous women’s rights defenders.Minky Worden (Human Rights Watch)
(In case you were thinking of learning/using Go, I’d say skip it. There are plenty of other fish in the sea. Unless you like telemetry by default in your programming languages and tools, that is. In fact, just don’t touch anything tainted by Google if you can help it.)
https://github.com/golang/go/discussions/58409
#google #alphabet #go #surveillance #capitalism #peopleFarming #privacy #development #dev #software
telemetry in the Go toolchain · Discussion #58409 · golang/go
How do software developers understand which parts of their software are being used and whether they are performing as expected? The modern answer is telemetry, which means software sending data to ...GitHub
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/bluetooth-support-for-the-stadia-controller-is-now-live/
#Google #Stadia #Gaming
Bluetooth support for the Stadia Controller is now live
Google has put up a web-based tool to turn on the Bluetooth mode for the Stadia Controller, as we finally say goodbye.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Why such lame outcome is expected? Because #Google has a history of abandoning stuff once money is sucked from it.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/google-to-release-a-tool-to-enable-bluetooth-on-the-stadia-controller/
#Stadia #Google #CloudGaming
Google to release a tool to enable Bluetooth on the Stadia Controller
Google is getting ready to shut down Stadia now, their cloud gaming service, but they have some good news for those with the Stadia Controller.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
How about the ability to avoid sending all my messages, and my contacts messages to #Google via #Firebase / #FCM?
*checks*
Nope.
I'll be using #Matrix with #Element/#Fluffychat until you decide that #UnifiedPush is a thing and #privacy is actually important. Users already made #NextPush to make it easier. Is the current situation even #GDPR compliant?
This is more important than making the interface slightly prettier in Hub 3.
Google are now processing Stadia Hardware refunds
With the closing of Stadia fast approaching, Google has already run through plenty of refunds for Stadia game purchases and now they're moving onto Stadia Hardware refunds.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)