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I have a few problems with it, actually. Number one is that it's happening when users don't expect it. As an end user, I don't expect my browser to start maki
by jlarocco 11y ago
I have a few problems with it, actually.
Number one is that it's happening when users don't expect it. As an end user, I don't expect my browser to start making requests until I tell it to.
And it's silly to say the information is "harmless in itself," because most of the information Google, Facebook, Yahoo, etc. collect is harmless in itself. The whole point of those companies is to collect as many tiny pieces of "harmless" information as possible to build up profiles about people.
TBH, I don't trust Google at all on privacy matters any more. The way they try to tie my work Gmail to my personal Gmail, to my youtube viewing and cram everything into Google+ has really rubbed me the wrong way, and I've been moving away from their services as much as possible. The last thing I want is my browser contacting them without my knowledge.
- magicalist 11y ago> TBH, I don't trust Google at all on privacy matters any more Options -> Security -> deselect "Block reported attack sites" and "Block reported web forgeries". Easy.
- jlarocco 11y agoAfter you've already launched the browser and sent info to Google...
- Qantourisc 11y agoThe information "hey I have an IP and I'm using this browser, and I have a browser at this time" is going to be send A LOT when using the browser for what it's made for. The problems come later when sending every URL to another party (safe browsing). Also from google "Privacy: API users exchange data with the server using hashed URLs, so the server never knows the actual URLs queried by the clients." So it's possibly safe ?
- ionised 11y agoI'm totally Google free save whatever traces of Google tech are in CyanogenMod on my phone and I can't say my life has been negatively affected by going this route. There are alternatives for everything out there.