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Google has lately been far overstepping their utility with “security measures” which I definitely don’t need and often make everything more annoying and difficu

Google has lately been far overstepping their utility with “security measures” which I definitely don’t need and often make everything more annoying and difficult. Ex: blocking 3rd party cookies always now. Breaks countless websites which I need to work reliably. “Manage unused website/app’s permissions” even after I specifically granted them! Randomized virtual credit card numbers in Wallet: for no good reason, you thoroughly fucked up a refund attempt for me, >$500! And randomized MAC addresses by default for EVERY. SINGLE. SSID. It’s unhinged. It’s fake protection. As a matter of fact, I do not enjoy my devices lying to my ISP, or to my college campus, my medical clinic, or to my employers. Device, please identify yourself without wearing a fuckin’ Groucho mask on top, and put on your big boy pants.

HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
Never thought I'd hear someone complain Google takes privacy too seriously.
- AStonesThrow 2y ago
  Google is extremely conscious for their privacy of their data which they’re collecting from you. Google calls it “my privacy” but it’s not their business model to keep my stuff private to me but to Google and their partners. https://m.xkcd.com/1150/ https://m.xkcd.com/1150/ Google is trying to keep their own secrets like what their hardware MAC address really is, (because Google themselves are tracking everyone’s radio-enabled devices in every public space with far more sophisticated methods) or hide/virtualize my credit card details, and protecting the card from crackers who wear hoodies, build EBM playlists, and use Firefox? that is a side-effect at best, especially considering how they are already a crazy non-bank middleman 3rd party with a miasma of shifting TOS and hundreds of advertising partners salivating to know what you paid for 3 milliseconds ago. Sheesh.

HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago

Never thought I'd hear someone complain Google takes privacy too seriously.

AStonesThrow 2y ago
Google is extremely conscious for their privacy of their data which they’re collecting from you. Google calls it “my privacy” but it’s not their business model to keep my stuff private to me but to Google and their partners. https://m.xkcd.com/1150/ https://m.xkcd.com/1150/ Google is trying to keep their own secrets like what their hardware MAC address really is, (because Google themselves are tracking everyone’s radio-enabled devices in every public space with far more sophisticated methods) or hide/virtualize my credit card details, and protecting the card from crackers who wear hoodies, build EBM playlists, and use Firefox? that is a side-effect at best, especially considering how they are already a crazy non-bank middleman 3rd party with a miasma of shifting TOS and hundreds of advertising partners salivating to know what you paid for 3 milliseconds ago. Sheesh.