Yale Privacy LabAug 14, 2018
"The year is 2031, and I'm going to see Avengers 7... my location is displayed on the Goober Dashboard, even though I opted out of Google AlwaysTrack™! There's a complete disconnect between what the user interface is telling me and what actually happens" https://boingboing.net/2018/08/14/goober.html
EBGAP: Error Between Google and Privacy

The year is 2031, and I’m going to see Avengers 7 in 8K-vision. I hop in my Goober self-driving car and notice something strange – my location is displayed on the Goober Dashboard, even thou…

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Show threadRysiekúr (old account)Aug 15, 2018

@privacylab "Oh you want to disable location tracking?

I'm sorry, I cannot let you do this, Dave..."

Show threadsucAug 15, 2018
@rysiek @privacylab but wait https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
GitHub - Eloston/ungoogled-chromium: Google Chromium, sans integration with Google

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@succfemboi @rysiek would be great if these changes were rolled into chromium-browser in major distros
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Show threadRysiekúr (old account)Aug 15, 2018
@privacylab @succfemboi indeed. How do we put pressure on them?
Show threadSean O'BrienAug 15, 2018

@rysiek @privacylab @succfemboi This will take diplomacy. There are people who are using Chromium specifically for its Google-ness.

If the Debian chromium-browser package maintainers are convinced, that's a big start that will influence other distros.

To keep the debate civil and remove unnecessary friction, it might make sense to simplify the install of Google Chrome via package managers (esp. in Ubuntu/Mint) to not alienate people who want Google or are coerced to use Google for school/work.

Show threadsucAug 15, 2018
@diggity @privacylab @rysiek there probably needs to be an alternative to the chrome webstore.

As I'm aware Waterfox and Pale Moon are trying to create their own alternative addon-store. Due to the rise of webextensions, one can develop addons for both chrome and FF at the same time
Show threadSean O'BrienAug 15, 2018
@succfemboi @privacylab @rysiek This can be a *lot* of work if you're going to be strict about Free Software licenses... Trisquel did this with Abrowser.
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@diggity @rysiek @privacylab @succfemboi what about the biggest chromium distro: electron?
Show threadsucAug 15, 2018
@hirojin @privacylab @rysiek @diggity I think they've removed things like addon support
Show thread→ @[email protected]Aug 15, 2018

@succfemboi @privacylab @rysiek @diggity which, in some applications, let's be honest, is a problem ;)

i'd rather keep uBlock in many a web app…
…i have pi-hole running on the laptop, so, some progress, but still.

Show threadsucAug 15, 2018
@hirojin @diggity @rysiek @privacylab not everyone has pi-hole and NoTrack is better.
There actually is an electron-based browser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Aq7GksBOk
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