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Did you mean to say "I can be reasonably certain they are looking into what I'm doing"?

by kkjjkgjjgg 5y ago

d3nj4l 5y ago
That's funny, but Google has extremely powerful incentives to not snoop on me while I check my bank balance.
- hansel_der 5y ago
  like what?
  - d3nj4l 5y ago
    Chrome's entire reason for existing is that Google wants control over the client, so they can control the capabilities of the web. If they are snooping on the data of webpages or what you type, they will lose that. Also the fact that millions of eyeballs are on it, including security researchers who would be more than happy to report it.
    - ipaddr 5y ago
      They are doing it now. Maybe this comment needs to go back to 2011 when no one knew better.
    - gigel82 5y ago
      There are dozens of "phone home" features in Chrome that by default leak everything from what you type to every single url you visit. Check out https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium to see the extent of patching they need to do to shut some of those pipes off.
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y ago
  Are they committed to not snooping, or just to trying to not do something too outrageous or obvious with the data they gather?
- mekster 5y ago
  If your definition of being snooped on is whether confidential information is leaked or nothing is happening, that is short sighted. Google analytics is ubiquitous and you're tracked to your bones especially if you're logged into your Google account and while they don't read your Gmail email content, they put you in the social graph according to any email address or URL in your email and they have better idea about your past more than you do. I still use Google search as there aren't better alternatives but I never use Gmail nor Chrome as I have plenty of alternatives for those.
  - d3nj4l 5y ago
    I'm not happy about tracking (I personally use Firefox + uBlock) but with the state of the web as is, I'll settle for the browser not stealing confidential info, thanks.
  - d110af5ccf 5y ago
    > while they don't read your Gmail email content Depends on what you mean by "read". Google (and MS, and likely others) certainly parse the content. For example pulling out times for upcoming flights you've booked without you needing to click into the email. Obviously I have no way to know if they actually do anything else internally with the result of parsing. I have to assume that they do though.

Did you mean to say "I can be reasonably certain they are looking into what I'm doing"?

d3nj4l 5y ago

That's funny, but Google has extremely powerful incentives to not snoop on me while I check my bank balance.

hansel_der 5y ago
like what?
- d3nj4l 5y ago
  Chrome's entire reason for existing is that Google wants control over the client, so they can control the capabilities of the web. If they are snooping on the data of webpages or what you type, they will lose that. Also the fact that millions of eyeballs are on it, including security researchers who would be more than happy to report it.
  - ipaddr 5y ago
    They are doing it now. Maybe this comment needs to go back to 2011 when no one knew better.
  - gigel82 5y ago
    There are dozens of "phone home" features in Chrome that by default leak everything from what you type to every single url you visit. Check out https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium to see the extent of patching they need to do to shut some of those pipes off.
kkjjkgjjgg 5y ago
Are they committed to not snooping, or just to trying to not do something too outrageous or obvious with the data they gather?
mekster 5y ago
If your definition of being snooped on is whether confidential information is leaked or nothing is happening, that is short sighted. Google analytics is ubiquitous and you're tracked to your bones especially if you're logged into your Google account and while they don't read your Gmail email content, they put you in the social graph according to any email address or URL in your email and they have better idea about your past more than you do. I still use Google search as there aren't better alternatives but I never use Gmail nor Chrome as I have plenty of alternatives for those.
- d3nj4l 5y ago
  I'm not happy about tracking (I personally use Firefox + uBlock) but with the state of the web as is, I'll settle for the browser not stealing confidential info, thanks.
- d110af5ccf 5y ago
  > while they don't read your Gmail email content Depends on what you mean by "read". Google (and MS, and likely others) certainly parse the content. For example pulling out times for upcoming flights you've booked without you needing to click into the email. Obviously I have no way to know if they actually do anything else internally with the result of parsing. I have to assume that they do though.