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> The increasingly centralized online services provided by sprawling giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, or Microsoft (GAFAM) pose a threat to our digi
by dao- 10y ago
> The increasingly centralized online services provided by sprawling giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, or Microsoft (GAFAM) pose a threat to our digital lives.
Curious that they don't talk about browsers. Your browser sees everything and knows everything it wants to know about your online life, it's arguably the most sensitive piece of the puzzle. All major browsers except Firefox are owned by "GAFAM."
- JBiserkov 10y agoAn important point. I've switched to Firefox (with uMatrix) for this very reason. I can't yet bring myself to stop using Google. But I make a deliberate effort to not use their search when I don't have to: - when I know exactly when I'm going, I rely on bookmarks and the browsers history or just type the URL in full. - when my destination is a deep URL I use the method above to navigate to the website's homepage, and search using the builtin search (Wikipedia, IMdB). - when all else fails, I Google. The small decrease in productivity is more than made up by the warm feeling I get inside.
- eh78ssxv2f 10y agoCan you explain more. Did you find an example of Google Chrome logging your private information without your consent?