A new low, even for #Google. Giving Google permission to share information about you with third-party websites is being falsely advertised as an "ad privacy feature". This is privacy washing at its most extreme. But it gets even worse.
There is a dark pattern on the second screenshot. It isn't just informing you about the fake privacy features. Clicking on "Got it" actually turns on these features that allow Google to use your recent browsing history for ads on third-party websites:
@Nazani @jrod3737 @Noptisun @protonmail
Different field-of-interest, but similar sitch.
I only have one device that displays ads, and none of the ads show anything that i would want to spend money on.
@jrod3737 @Noptisun @protonmail
This 💯 !!! This new action by Google is a very good reason to #DumpGoogle.
Did it yesterday, and very happy.
Check out this short thread >>> https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/111158313968879384
Here is the new Google surveillance limited system:
- Firefox (change search to DuckDuckGo)
- Bitwarden
- ProtonMail
- sync.com
- LibreOffice (Desktop)
- Collabora Office (Android)
- ProtonCalendar
- ProtonVPN
People also speak highly of Nextcloud...
So, planning to phase out Google and looking for recommendations. Data security and data privacy are key concerns. Current thinking is: - Firefox - ProtonMail - sync.com - LibreOffice Thoughts? [Edit: Got it set up today, and absolutely loving it so far. See below. Thank you for all the suggestions!] #DataPrivacy #DataSecurity #Google #DumpGoogle
@mathew @mastodonmigration oh, please be very careful with syncthing. Make backups on both sides of the sync folder pair before setting up the sync or you might easily loose data. It works very well and is snappy, but you can just as snappily delete many files at once, if you're not careful during setup, not understanding how it works.
Example: if you want to sync some file directory to an empty directory another device, be sure to start on the device with the files. Don't start from the empty directory.
Also, don't sync two directories with each containig different files. Only one set of the files will be retained and all the other files will be deleted.
Always start from the place containig files and always sync to an initially empty directory. You can add files on either side after sync is set up, the initial sync is completed, and the system is idle.
@mastodonmigration @jrod3737 @Noptisun @protonmail
Try Tutanota for emails. The good news is that no one can pronounce it or has ever heard of it. Great service.
I tried Proton twice. They lost my passwords & locked me out. Twice.
I guess Switzerland is too busy being neutral to respond to my emails or send me a reset.
@b @mastodonmigration @jrod3737 @Noptisun @protonmail
True. I was joking but apologize sincerely to all of Switzerland 😔
No thank you. I spent two weeks trying to get an email. It left me exhausted. Maybe it’s a problem with Apple connection? Thank you, anyway.
@mastodonmigration What's the non-google solution to maps? I struggled to find a proper alternative to Google maps other than web version with some extensions enabled. They are the only ones that have proper public transport information in my part of the world.
I'm halfway done with degoogling. My phone is sadly still ingrained in the Google ecosystem due to the model I chose about 3 years ago but I'm finding workarounds.
@jrod3737
@Noptisun @protonmail
I much prefer non-personalized ads, because it means nearly all the ads I see are irrelevant to me. This way, even when I do have to see the ads, they will be totally wasted on me. They aren't going to trick me into buying a pickup truck, after all—nor even trick me into talking about that ad to another person.
@chfour
The way you accomplish that is by advertising on media that caters to your target market.
You don't advertise things sex toys on "Christianity Today" website, you advertise things like Worship Music CDs and study Bibles and trips to Israel.
@jrod3737 @Noptisun @protonmail
If targeted ads actually worked, I honestly don't think people would mind. It's just that they have never worked. Ever.
Like with any "intelligent" solution, if it works, it's great, if it doesn't, you have two problems..
@jrod3737 @Noptisun @protonmail
to be fair, when I get personalized memes, I do feel heard...
@jrod3737 @Noptisun @protonmail Superficially:
- I can see why people might see ads as a necessary evil to fund a service they use (yes, you can block them, but your conscience may not let you use a service you're not funding).
- If you're going to see ads anyway, having ones relevant to me might be vaguely useful instead of just an annoyance.
But experience tells me that its not just me that sees my "relevant ads", and that's where there's a significant privacy concern. 1/
@jrod3737 @Noptisun @protonmail If my whole household sees ads which are relevant to me, that is a privacy problem - a single household is small enough to work out who the ads are targeted at, and reveals information about what they have been doing online.
In the case of my household, this has resulted in a few ruined christmas / birthday surprises. In other households, the effects of this kind of information leak may be very serious (think abusive relationships, etc.) 2/
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