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Do you really have a choice to not use them? If so: - You must not use android and have Google know your location for traffic purposes (and other ad-related da
by athenot 10y ago
Do you really have a choice to not use them? If so:
- You must not use android and have Google know your location for traffic purposes (and other ad-related data-mining)
- You must ensure all your friends never post pictures of you on FB, preventing them from building a profile about you by association
- You must block every single ad that originates from the Google ad network (and which is eager to learn your browsing habits)
- You must never fly on an airline belonging to Star Alliance, as Google bought ITA Software (formerly known as Sabre) to get a hold of all the airline reservations done for those airlines
- You must never send an email to someone with a Gmail address
This is a case where choosing to not use Google is a bit more complicated than choosing to not drink Coke.
- Qantourisc 10y ago"You must ensure all your friends never post pictures of you on FB, preventing them from building a profile about you by association" -> Posting pictures about someone is iirc illegal in plenty of places without their consent, or at least borderline legal.
- darpa_escapee 10y agoYou have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public places, can be photographed and that photo can be used by its owner in any legal way they see fit.
- mnx 10y agoRegardless of legality, you probably can get your friends not to post pictures of you. But it's a hassle.
- tomhoward 10y agoYou must never fly on an airline belonging to Star Alliance, as Google bought ITA Software (formerly known as Sabre) to get a hold of all the airline reservations done For the record, this is false. ITA Software was an independent company established in the late 90s, which built flight search technology that powered (and still powers) some of the leading flight search websites including Kayak. It has always been completely independent of Sabre, which was formed in the 1960s and is one of the major travel reservation systems. Google did aquire ITA, but that only got them flight search technology, not reservation data. Sabre remains a standalone company.
- athenot 10y agoOh thanks for the correction! I find that reassuring.
- schoen 10y ago> - You must not use android and have Google know your location for traffic purposes (and other ad-related data-mining) I use Android without a Google account (although I'm unclear on whether or not there is also a device ID that Google sees from some interactions).
- bizarref00l 10y ago> - You must never send an email to someone with a Gmail address You can be sending to gmail without knowing. Many business use gmail enterprise. I've been told that their EULA states no mining on private data, but that's very hard to believe.
- rpgmaker 10y agoThe second-hand FB thing is the one I'm having the most trouble with lately. I just casually try to avoid being in any group photos because I know they'll end up on instagram/facebook but I still appear on some. The whole thing must be kind of pointless by now :(