Internet Privacy Intrusion
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Pretty much Google is in complete control.
Bottom line from the article, Google has extended tendrils into just about every app and website.
Use ‘duck-duck go’ to go on youtube and google limits what you can see.
Every couple of years, I give up the internet for Lent. Honestly, I feel a lot less stressed overall happier when I do this.
MONOPOLY.
It does not matter “how” it is formed, it is the form itself that defines it.
The lead philosopher of free enterprise economics, Adam Smith, was no fan of monopolies. His arguments cared not about the manner in which they were formed (usually back then a government created entity). What he saw that he didn’t like was how they ate up and stifled real competition and placed too much market power in too few hands, driving decisions all around them that catered to the monopoly, not competition.
I’ve noticed the google files keep coming back. Google-analytics, apisgoogle, about 7 of them. And these are MB size files. Who knows what’s in them? They are obviously the google ad system but likely used by popups. The offending files maybe the “cloud” items which have a long string of numbers in their name.
started up my laptop this AM and clicked on Google. The Google doodle was a bunch of birthday candles and when i clicked on it, it said “happy birthday (my name)”. Yes today is my birthday and it freaked me out. Just waiting on Alexa to start singing happy birthday and then i’m outta here.
The Creepy Line. A term Google coined. A line they cross a million times per hour.
https://www.thecreepyline.com/
Funny how they attacked Microsoft for being a monopoly yet Google and others that are bigger monopolies get a pass.
dayglored, you should ping your list to this one, even if it is not Windows. I would think that this is one of the reasons you would have a really hard time doing much surfing on Window 9x machines.
Note that you can get a lot of info using the Firefox Console (F12). Hit F1 to change the them to Dark, which is better.
Looks like we are headed back to the old days - instead of Compuserve or AOL controlling the entire experience we will be able to pick between Google, Apple, or Microsoft Internets (competition!) with all the bad stuff carefully filtered out so we don’t have to worry our little heads about accidentally seeing Trump supporters or pictures of guns. :)
kinda like that POS Øbama,, in control and in charge of everything,, but not responsible for anything ..
I can do this with the push of a single button. Off.
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We’ve given these tech giants too much power and control with zero oversight and accountability.
We tend to depend and wear virtual depends because technically we like to be mothered versus just reminded of specific tasks . Unless we ween ourselves off the tech sugar tit we will always be weak and vulnerable in this aspect of our lives.
OPSEC / PERSEC is possible .....
VPN’s , email that use a AES 256 encryption, Tails OS on laptops that are subject to theft or inspections through secure checkpoints . Signal text messenger is good. Duck Duck Go is my new search engine. Ghostery is another product you may consider. Stacked VPN’s , WiFi Spoof that changes your MAC address at random times . Simore that allows use on one phone of up to 4 providers with different providers numbers , ATT, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile for CONUS use or international providers if your traveling. Skype Medical account that meets HIPPA privacy requirements.
Many many things can be done to hamper and confuse but never put on a gadget what you don’t want to share with the world. Be it the big 5 or not.
My opinion only...