Just saw this from a fellow #fossuser #freedomatrisk
I have been using an offline translator from F-Droid repository. One of the newly updated mobile banking App (Canara Bank) denied login saying that Slideloaded application "Translator" is unauthorized and risky. Forcing to uninstall that App to continue Mobile Banking!!

Is this related to Google's devil move of not allowing any apps out of Play Store?
#googlecrap #sideload #fdroid #translator

Have requested for an image if can be presented now. This reminds me of my case with #hsbc app.

@rob
"OK - I understand that you carefully went through life and de-Googled, ponied up all your money for Proton, run Arch Linux, etc. etc."

Didn't really #deGoogle my life. I use a #Samsung device with the default OS on it, so...
I don't pay for #Proton
FYI, #Linux is not bad at all.

#Don't believe I'm like the ones on #PrivacyGuides and the likes. No, I try (and often find) a balance between #privacy, #security and #usability.
I am not that kind of extreme guy who doesn't even want to hear about #GoogleCrap, #MicrosoftCrap, #MetaCrap and the others.

@rob
OK then...
From #Tuta:
https://tuta.com/blog/what-does-google-know-about-me
https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-leave-google-gmail
https://tuta.com/blog/big-tech-privacy-washing
https://tuta.com/blog/google-facebook-free
https://tuta.com/blog/google-gemini-ai-email

From #ProtonAG:
https://proton.me/blog/how-to-de-google

From #DIgitalTrends:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-chrome-incognito-mode-tracking/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/google-tracks-your-location-even-with-location-history-turned-off/

From #Forbes:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2021/03/20/stop-using-google-chrome-on-apple-iphone-12-pro-max-ipad-and-macbook-pro/?sh=aff525e4d084
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2023/09/07/new-google-chrome-targeted-ad-tracking-heres-how-to-stop-it/?sh=6ec18f2429fa

From #npr:
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/01/1242019127/google-incognito-mode-settlement-search-history

From #PCGamer:
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/a-2023-study-concluded-captchas-are-a-tracking-cookie-farm-for-profit-masquerading-as-a-security-service-that-made-us-spend-819-billion-hours-clicking-on-traffic-lights-to-generate-nearly-usd1-trillion-for-google/

From #APNews:
https://apnews.com/article/828aefab64d4411bac257a07c1af0ecb

From #BraveBrowser:
https://brave.com/compare/google-vs-brave-search/#:~:text=Google%20is%20built%20for%20tracking.

From #VivaldiBrowser:
https://vivaldi.com/blog/meeting-gabriel-weinberg/
https://vivaldi.com/blog/google-return-to-not-being-evil/

From #MacRumors:
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/01/05/google-pays-apple-stay-out-of-search/

And this image from #Tuta too.

P.S. IMO, #Tuta's are the best!

#privacy #privacyMatters #DataPrivacy #Google #GoogleMaps #GoogleSearch #GoogleAI #Gmail #GoogleCrap #tracking #DataBreach #DataCollection #dataHarvesting #VivaldiBrowser

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@andreas_heitmann @tdr
That's real!

One more thing: #VivaldiBrowser ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ #Googlecrap ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ #Chromuim ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ #browser!