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Google'a shit is more easily mitigated if you're smart and want an only slightly less great browsing experience
by MiroF 7y ago
Google'a shit is more easily mitigated if you're smart and want an only slightly less great browsing experience
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoEven with an Android phone?
- metalliqaz 7y agoGoogle's phones track you in several ways that aren't through a browser. Want to see every place you've ever visited since you got your Android phone? Google has it and you can see it in your dashboard. Google keeps location tracking a secret from you until you view your data, then once you go look at it, they start sending you monthly summaries of your travels. Any don't get me started on the facial recognition in Photos. Take a photo of someone else's kids, and it will show you a helpful popup asking if you want to send the photo to the kid's parent.
- Semaphor 7y agoWhile it’s certainly not something I’d want my mom to do, for someone technically knowledgeable, these things are not hard to prevent.
- Spoom 7y agoYou can turn off Location History (and may other things) here: https://myaccount.google.com/activitycontrols https://myaccount.google.com/activitycontrols It's not a secret and I believe you have to opt in at some point. I believe you can turn off facial recognition in Photos' settings. Disclaimer: I am a Google employee, my opinions are my own.
- Semaphor 7y ago> and want an only slightly less great browsing experience You mean far superior because Firefox actually has extensions for their mobile browser?
- MiroF 7y agoyeah but if you're running no-script you're not going to have as good of a browsing experience
- noisem4ker 7y agoSubjective. But then there's always uBlock Origin, which blocks crap automatically without breaking stuff. Who wouldn't want that on their phone?