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Google needs to take action here. From requiring re-confirming permissions every time a significant privacy policy change is made, or just by nuking SimilarWeb

by dannyw 8y ago

Google needs to take action here. From requiring re-confirming permissions every time a significant privacy policy change is made, or just by nuking SimilarWeb altogether from the web App Store.

izacus 8y ago
I can already see the followup HN news: "Google attacking developers on Chrome Web Store and breaking free web!"
- nailer 8y ago
  Yeah one thing Google doesn't do is collect info about what you do on the internet and sell it to other people. https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity More seriously: if Stylish concerns you, Chrome should too.
  - izacus 8y ago
    Google indeed doesn't sell info to other people. (It does collect it though.)
    - nailer 8y ago
      Good point, I should say sell /access to/ (via DoubleClick, AdWords and their other sources of revenue)
    - Silhouette 8y ago
      Is there a definitive list anywhere of what Chrome collects and where it goes? There have been rumours forever, but I'm interested in verifiable facts.
      - nailer 8y ago
        If you're logged in, which Chrome strongly encourages, it's your entire browsing history. See the URL above.
        Silhouette 8y ago
        Thanks, but what I'm really trying to ask here is what a vanilla Chrome installation does. If someone just installs Chrome, leaves all settings as defaults, and doesn't opt in to anything, what data is being sent back to the mothership? I've never managed to find a convincing answer to that question.
    - bwbw223 8y ago
      It collects it for the purpose of building a better advertising profile of you- so it can make more money from ads. It’s still using my data about me and making money off of it.
      - nailer 8y ago
        Not to complain about downmodding - I can afford to loose the karma - but this threads a little unusual in terms of comments summing up Google's business model (which most people on HN should be aware of) going from highly upmodded to highly downmodded.
- cjslep 8y ago
  In case you weren't aware of how prescient your comment is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17453471 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17453471

by dannyw 8y ago

Google needs to take action here. From requiring re-confirming permissions every time a significant privacy policy change is made, or just by nuking SimilarWeb altogether from the web App Store.

izacus 8y ago

I can already see the followup HN news: "Google attacking developers on Chrome Web Store and breaking free web!"

nailer 8y ago
Yeah one thing Google doesn't do is collect info about what you do on the internet and sell it to other people. https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity More seriously: if Stylish concerns you, Chrome should too.
- izacus 8y ago
  Google indeed doesn't sell info to other people. (It does collect it though.)
  - nailer 8y ago
    Good point, I should say sell /access to/ (via DoubleClick, AdWords and their other sources of revenue)
  - Silhouette 8y ago
    Is there a definitive list anywhere of what Chrome collects and where it goes? There have been rumours forever, but I'm interested in verifiable facts.
    - nailer 8y ago
      If you're logged in, which Chrome strongly encourages, it's your entire browsing history. See the URL above.
      - Silhouette 8y ago
        Thanks, but what I'm really trying to ask here is what a vanilla Chrome installation does. If someone just installs Chrome, leaves all settings as defaults, and doesn't opt in to anything, what data is being sent back to the mothership? I've never managed to find a convincing answer to that question.
  - bwbw223 8y ago
    It collects it for the purpose of building a better advertising profile of you- so it can make more money from ads. It’s still using my data about me and making money off of it.
    - nailer 8y ago
      Not to complain about downmodding - I can afford to loose the karma - but this threads a little unusual in terms of comments summing up Google's business model (which most people on HN should be aware of) going from highly upmodded to highly downmodded.
cjslep 8y ago
In case you weren't aware of how prescient your comment is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17453471 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17453471