4 ms·

Really? I got rid of Chrome when I saw Google-stuff constantly connecting to different servers even when Chrome wasn't running. And I was kinda surprised what a

Really? I got rid of Chrome when I saw Google-stuff constantly connecting to different servers even when Chrome wasn't running. And I was kinda surprised what a bitch it was to uninstall. Google put stuff everywhere :-/

pki 11y ago
Have you try Chromium?
- dunkelheit 11y ago
  not safe either: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786909 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786909
  - ossreality 11y ago
    holy shit are people still latching onto this? IT WAS A MISTAKE.
  - shit_parade 11y ago
    that issue was solved within hours.
  - simoncion 11y ago
    As shitty as that move was, it has been reversed and has been reversed for many months.
    - JupiterMoon 11y ago
      It happened once it could happen again.
      - simoncion 11y ago
        You can say that about any software project, man.
        JupiterMoon 11y ago
        Maybe. But most of them don't involve transmitting my microphone directly to Google servers.
        ossreality 11y ago
        IT WASNT EVEN ENABLED. You can't even get your god damn FUD right.
        simoncion 11y ago
        1) ...that you know of. 2) Frankly, Google is far more trustworthy than almost any randomly selected software company. (Don't forget that there are far more software companies out there than either of us are aware of.) 3) Unless you've taken the time to configure a MAC system, software that runs as you can access any data and transport mechanism that you can access. That's a fact of life. Anything you run on your computers can also act as a little snitch.
        JupiterMoon 11y ago
        1) Agreed. As soon as I hear about any software doing similar even by mistake I consider whether to stop using it. 2) I sort of agree with this. Google certainly don't want to sell my keystrokes on the black market. However, they do want to store them and learn more about me and my personal autonomy and privacy mean that I don't want them to have all my data. 3) Which is exactly why one should be careful what software one installs!
PhantomGremlin 11y ago
I keep Chrome around just for the occasion that I ned to use Flash. Chrome happily installs from an OS X standard account, it does not need to be installed by an administrator. As such, it probably isn't able to put stuff "everywhere". BTW, maybe it's just me, but I have installed Chrome as its own user. That makes it more difficult for it to spy on my day-to-day activity.
- D4AHNGM 11y ago
  ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/ ~/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/ ~/Library/Google/Google Chrome Brand.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist ~/Library/Caches/Google ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.Chrome.plist ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.Keystone.Agent.plist Nowhere outrageously surprising, really.

pki 11y ago

Have you try Chromium?

dunkelheit 11y ago
not safe either: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786909 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786909
- ossreality 11y ago
  holy shit are people still latching onto this? IT WAS A MISTAKE.
- shit_parade 11y ago
  that issue was solved within hours.
- simoncion 11y ago
  As shitty as that move was, it has been reversed and has been reversed for many months.
  - JupiterMoon 11y ago
    It happened once it could happen again.
    - simoncion 11y ago
      You can say that about any software project, man.
      - JupiterMoon 11y ago
        Maybe. But most of them don't involve transmitting my microphone directly to Google servers.
        ossreality 11y ago
        IT WASNT EVEN ENABLED. You can't even get your god damn FUD right.
        simoncion 11y ago
        1) ...that you know of. 2) Frankly, Google is far more trustworthy than almost any randomly selected software company. (Don't forget that there are far more software companies out there than either of us are aware of.) 3) Unless you've taken the time to configure a MAC system, software that runs as you can access any data and transport mechanism that you can access. That's a fact of life. Anything you run on your computers can also act as a little snitch.
        JupiterMoon 11y ago
        1) Agreed. As soon as I hear about any software doing similar even by mistake I consider whether to stop using it. 2) I sort of agree with this. Google certainly don't want to sell my keystrokes on the black market. However, they do want to store them and learn more about me and my personal autonomy and privacy mean that I don't want them to have all my data. 3) Which is exactly why one should be careful what software one installs!

PhantomGremlin 11y ago

I keep Chrome around just for the occasion that I ned to use Flash. Chrome happily installs from an OS X standard account, it does not need to be installed by an administrator. As such, it probably isn't able to put stuff "everywhere". BTW, maybe it's just me, but I have installed Chrome as its own user. That makes it more difficult for it to spy on my day-to-day activity.

D4AHNGM 11y ago
~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/ ~/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/ ~/Library/Google/Google Chrome Brand.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist ~/Library/Caches/Google ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.Chrome.plist ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.Keystone.Agent.plist Nowhere outrageously surprising, really.