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Posted by Dr Andus
Jun 16, 2019 at 08:22 PM
MadaboutDana wrote:
>Having previously considered Chromebooks, I’ve lost all faith in Google.
>So that’s out of the equation.
Why? What happened?
There have been a couple of references to the intrusiveness of Google by a couple of posters in this thread, and I’m just wondering if there have been some new revelations about Google and privacy that I missed.
Posted by jaslar
Jun 17, 2019 at 04:21 AM
Just wanted to comment. This a brilliant exercise regimen!
Paul Korm wrote:
>I get a lot of exercise though—with my headsets on and walking around
>the house during these endless conf calls.
Posted by jaslar
Jun 17, 2019 at 04:23 AM
Dr. Andus, is Dynalist replacing Workflowy for you?
Dr Andus wrote:
>Google Calendar, Google Sheets, Google Drive, Gmail, Outlook, Chrome,
>WorkFlowy and Dynalist are the connecting tissue that allow me to do
>stuff cross-platform, no matter which device I pick up.
Posted by jaslar
Jun 17, 2019 at 04:59 AM
Sorry for spraying chronological comments on this fascinating thread.
Dr Andus wrote:
>There have been a couple of references to the intrusiveness of Google by
>a couple of posters in this thread, and I’m just wondering if there have
>been some new revelations about Google and privacy that I missed.
It happened in February (see https://thenextweb.com/google/2019/02/05/google-has-quietly-dropped-ban-on-personally-identifiable-web-tracking/). Google is also revising software to block Chrome ad-blocking extensions. (https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/14/17011266/google-chrome-ad-blocker-features).
The questions that worry me: (1) through the adoption of our cheap subscriptions and devices, do we hand over every click, driven ever more precisely to our deepest preferences (by a scattershot of images) ((linked to sales)). (((linked to us, specifically)))? Yes. We do. (2) who has access to that information? Answer to this one: anyone with a warrant. Any third party commercial partners, unknown to us. Hackers. (3) Who can get a warrant? Local practice varies. But an officer of the court does not necessarily mean judicial review. (4) Has this personally identifiable information been misused by law enforcement, or by those unnamed third parties? Oy. Maybe this is a new thread.
But those two news items seem to be driving the heightened concern about privacy in the Googleverse.
Posted by satis
Jun 17, 2019 at 08:55 PM
Although neither Google Calendar nor Google Keep show ads, I’m increasingly uncomfortable putting my schedule and other info there. Unfortunately, my task manager only does 2-way sync with Google Calendar, so even if I move my non-task appointments to Apple’s calendar I’ll have to subscribe to at least one GC calendar stream to integrate my dated tasks.
By the way, for those who take advantage of any of the many Chrome extensions that add utility to that browser, the Brave browser can use those extensions as well. It’s a fork of Chromium, which Chrome is based on, but with all the tracking code Google uses ripped out. It comes with integrated ad-blocking and not only offers private browsing but also Tor browsing as well. I’ve found it to be just as fast if not faster than Chrome. Only downside is that cross-platform bookmark/site syncing is still in early beta, otherwise it’s become my main browser.