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I've cut Google out in all areas except where the product is, IMO, best-in-class: search, Android, YouTube, and g-board. I think most people believe they don't
by alistproducer2 7y ago
I've cut Google out in all areas except where the product is, IMO, best-in-class: search, Android, YouTube, and g-board. I think most people believe they don't have anything to hide, which is why, even when confronted with the extent of information Google and others have on them, they shrug their shoulders.
- andrei_says_ 7y agoAs someone who has been using chrome extensively it’s also denial of the fact that I’m having a life-long, interconnected, searchable dossier built and the emotional discomfort of the total freakout of facing this fact. I considered a longer comment describing some scenarios but deleted it before posting. So, this particular kind of oppression is already resulting in self-censorship for me personally. This is a good talk on why privacy matters: https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matter...