Updates tagged with google on Jonkman Microblog!
fu: ♲ @fodworeq@social.re: Spread the love?If I am going to use non-free #closedSouce gratis services is it better to commit to just giving my data to one company like #google or is it better to try to spread it out to more?Tags: #apple #Android #sns #SaaS #Facebook #Samsung #bing #microsoft #meta #sxm #spotify #pandora #YouTube #privacy #FreeSoftware #opensource #foursquare #linkedin #LIVEJournal #waze #maps #ford #amazonvia dandelion* /people?q=dandelion00@diasp.org client (Source) https://github.com/gsantner/dandelion
fu's status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 02:31:30 EST
♲ @fodworeq@social.re: Spread the love? If I am going to use non-free #closedSouce gratis services is it better to commit to just giving my data to one company like #google or is it better to try to spread it out to more? Tags: #apple #Android #sns #SaaS #Facebook #Samsung #bing #microsoft #meta #sxm #spotify #pandora #YouTube #privacy #FreeSoftware #opensource #foursquare #linkedin #LIVEJournal #waze #maps #ford #amazon via dandelion* /people?q=dandelion00@diasp.org client (Source) https://github.com/gsantner/dandelion
lnxw48a1: Emergency update for #Google #Chrome browser. https://nu.federati.net/url/291535 Being exploited in the wild, so patch now.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 04:54:03 EDT
Emergency update for #Google #Chrome browser. https://nu.federati.net/url/291535 Being exploited in the wild, so patch now.
Critical Google Chrome Flaw Exploited: Here's What You Need to Know Now!
lnxw48a1: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( #CFPB ) head: #Apple and #Google are chokepoints, hindering financial innovations. https://nu.federati.net/url/291484 [finance yahoo com] A lot of Yahoo articles are only there for a limited time period, so if you're seeing this months or years later, the link may error. 2023-09-08
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 02:10:42 EDT
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( #CFPB ) head: #Apple and #Google are chokepoints, hindering financial innovations. https://nu.federati.net/url/291484 [finance yahoo com] A lot of Yahoo articles are only there for a limited time period, so if you're seeing this months or years later, the link may error. 2023-09-08
Apple and Google are ‘choke points’ to equitable payment system: CFPB’s Chopra
lnxw48a1: I somehow missed this: Newspaper giant #Gannett sues #Google over advertising monopoly https://www.reuters.com/legal/gannett-sues-google-alleges-it-monopolizes-online-ads-2023-06-20/ [www reuters com] #anti-trust #monopoly #online_advertising #lawsuit !econusa #usdoj #newspapers
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 04:26:46 EDT
I somehow missed this: Newspaper giant #Gannett sues #Google over advertising monopoly https://www.reuters.com/legal/gannett-sues-google-alleges-it-monopolizes-online-ads-2023-06-20/ [www reuters com] #anti-trust #monopoly #online_advertising #lawsuit !econusa #usdoj #newspapers
Gannett sues Google, alleges online ad monopoly
fu: I never thought this day would come where I prefer and trust #Microsoft more than I do #Google
fu's status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 12:08:38 EDT
I never thought this day would come where I prefer and trust #Microsoft more than I do #Google
lnxw48a1: Forty US states get almost $400,000,000 in #Google location #privacy lawsuit https://nu.federati.net/url/288931 [www thecentersquare com] They spin this as a win, but (1) it wasn't the states' privacy that was being violated, so why is all the money being split by the states?, and (2) it says Google will make its settings more clear, but it does not say that location tracking and data sales will be OFF by default (which is how it should be).
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2022 13:05:28 EST
Forty US states get almost $400,000,000 in #Google location #privacy lawsuit <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/alabama/forty-states-win-391-5m-privacy-suit-against-google-over-location-data-sold-to-advertisers/article_0ec41286-6450-11ed-9cb3-dff1111f6b3a.html" title="https://www.thecentersquare.com/alabama/forty-states-win-391-5m-privacy-suit-against-google-over-location-data-sold-to-advertisers/article_0ec41286-6450-11ed-9cb3-dff1111f6b3a.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://nu.federati.net/url/288931 [www thecentersquare com] They spin this as a win, but (1) it wasn't the states' privacy that was being violated, so why is all the money being split by the states?, and (2) it says Google will make its settings more clear, but it does not say that location tracking and data sales will be OFF by default (which is how it should be).
Forty states win $391.5M privacy suit against Google over location data sold to advertisers
lnxw48a1: #Google will start allow-listing political spam this month https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/19/23362054/gmail-political-spam-fundraising-email-campaign-google [www theverge com]
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 23-Sep-2022 00:52:33 EDT
#Google will start allow-listing political spam this month https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/19/23362054/gmail-political-spam-fundraising-email-campaign-google [www theverge com]
Gmail will start spam-proofing political fundraising emails this week
lnxw48a1: #Google #Chrome and all other browsers based on #Chromium will get some changes to their extensions API which will reduce the ability of ad-blocking extensions. #Mozilla #Firefox is rejecting that part of the change, so Firefox and other browsers based on their code will retain superior ad-blocking capabilities.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 12-Jun-2022 23:09:44 EDT
#Google #Chrome and all other browsers based on #Chromium will get some changes to their extensions API which will reduce the ability of ad-blocking extensions. #Mozilla #Firefox is rejecting that part of the change, so Firefox and other browsers based on their code will retain superior ad-blocking capabilities.
hypolite: Removing just GMail from your Google Account Lately I've been receiving a new kind of spam on my #Gmail email address that I was forwarding to my FastMail inbox for a few years. People have been using my Gmail address to fill in contact forms on various French and German websites, and I was receiving the contact reception confirmation. Thanks to this handy how to, I was able to remove my GMail address without deleting my #Google account that I sadly need to keep around, maybe it will help you too. www.howtogeek.com/671066/how-t…
hypolite's status on Monday, 09-May-2022 20:00:29 EDT
Removing just GMail from your Google Account Lately I've been receiving a new kind of spam on my #Gmail email address that I was forwarding to my FastMail inbox for a few years. People have been using my Gmail address to fill in contact forms on various French and German websites, and I was receiving the contact reception confirmation. Thanks to this handy how to, I was able to remove my GMail address without deleting my #Google account that I sadly need to keep around, maybe it will help you too. www.howtogeek.com/671066/how-t…
lnxw48a1: Someone pointed out that Google is not really a search engine any more. It is an AI machine that tries to interpret your meaning rather than search for what you ask for. As such, there are sites that are very likely to be part of their index, but which appear to be impossible to pull up in a search. Even using quotes, the plus sign, the minus sign, and site won't be enough to overcome its guess about what you really meant to search for. All of that matches my experience, but I don't believe that makes #Google not a search engine, even if it makes them not very good at search.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 08-Apr-2022 21:33:31 EDT
Someone pointed out that Google is not really a search engine any more. It is an AI machine that tries to interpret your meaning rather than search for what you ask for. As such, there are sites that are very likely to be part of their index, but which appear to be impossible to pull up in a search. Even using quotes, the plus sign, the minus sign, and site won't be enough to overcome its guess about what you really meant to search for. All of that matches my experience, but I don't believe that makes #Google not a search engine, even if it makes them not very good at search.
lnxw48a1: Search engines with their own indexes: https://seirdy.one/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes.html #YaCy: slow, with mostly irrelevant results Very true, but the second part, mostly irrelevant results is a matter of degree. #Google's results were once fantastic, but these days, a big chunk of the first five pages of a search are irrelevant results, often SEO'd into high positions and knocking relevant results lower. #Bing (and #Yahoo, #DDG, and others who use Bing's results) are also described with increasing accuracy by "mostly irrelevant results". But yes, YaCy's results are even worse. I want to set up another YaCy instance, just to crawl sites of interest in various topics. I know there's a major software change needed to get the most improvement in search results, but having the right information in the global index is a necessary precursor to producing good results.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 26-Mar-2022 11:19:27 EDT
Search engines with their own indexes: https://seirdy.one/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes.html #YaCy: slow, with mostly irrelevant results Very true, but the second part, mostly irrelevant results is a matter of degree. #Google's results were once fantastic, but these days, a big chunk of the first five pages of a search are irrelevant results, often SEO'd into high positions and knocking relevant results lower. #Bing (and #Yahoo, #DDG, and others who use Bing's results) are also described with increasing accuracy by "mostly irrelevant results". But yes, YaCy's results are even worse. I want to set up another YaCy instance, just to crawl sites of interest in various topics. I know there's a major software change needed to get the most improvement in search results, but having the right information in the global index is a necessary precursor to producing good results.
A look at search engines with their own indexes
lnxw48a1: More #Google data-collection: https://shitposter.club/objects/8892f630-e064-4f72-933b-20c552b8126c (Note: someone speculated that this is probably a requirement of all telecom providers, so switching to #Apple phones would not change things.)
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 22-Mar-2022 18:54:25 EDT
More #Google data-collection: https://shitposter.club/objects/8892f630-e064-4f72-933b-20c552b8126c (Note: someone speculated that this is probably a requirement of all telecom providers, so switching to #Apple phones would not change things.)
lnxw48a1: https://global.royole.com/us/rowrite-2-smart-writing-pad I know this means I'll have to add a #Google account to my new A7 Lite tablet. (I'm sure this only talks to their own app, which I'm almost 100% sure is only in the Play Store.) But I've been wanting a handwriting-based notes and drawings app for a while. I sent one to my #SoCal home and one to #sonTwo, so I expect to have a full "this is what works well, this is what works not so well" rundown before I ever open the box.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 16-Mar-2022 19:49:16 EDT
https://global.royole.com/us/rowrite-2-smart-writing-pad I know this means I'll have to add a #Google account to my new A7 Lite tablet. (I'm sure this only talks to their own app, which I'm almost 100% sure is only in the Play Store.) But I've been wanting a handwriting-based notes and drawings app for a while. I sent one to my #SoCal home and one to #sonTwo, so I expect to have a full "this is what works well, this is what works not so well" rundown before I ever open the box.
lnxw48a1: https://briarproject.org/news/2022-briar-removed-from-google-play/ #Briar removed from #Google’s Play Store, expected to return soon. This is a bad time for such situations; people in certain European countries should be using such #peer-to-peer technologies for their communications, to reduce the chance of interception.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 28-Feb-2022 10:40:21 EST
https://briarproject.org/news/2022-briar-removed-from-google-play/ #Briar removed from #Google’s Play Store, expected to return soon. This is a bad time for such situations; people in certain European countries should be using such #peer-to-peer technologies for their communications, to reduce the chance of interception.
lnxw48a1: From 2021 July: Mermaid spammers using Danish .DK domains near top of #Google search results in #Norway. https://alexskra.com/blog/the-mermaid-is-taking-over-google-search-in-norway/ [alexskra com] I don't know where I found the link, but the content was interesting.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 25-Feb-2022 20:53:57 EST
From 2021 July: Mermaid spammers using Danish .DK domains near top of #Google search results in #Norway. https://alexskra.com/blog/the-mermaid-is-taking-over-google-search-in-norway/ [alexskra com] I don't know where I found the link, but the content was interesting.
The mermaid is taking over Google search in Norway - ALEXSKRA
lnxw48a1: A lot of us are concerned about #Firefox, about #Thunderbird, and about #Mozilla itself. The trouble is, most of the seeds of Moz's current affliction were planted early on, when the #Google search deal was first signed. They received an unimaginable amount of money, and being good people, they decided to pour it into becoming the Web's advocate and (later on) the Web's privacy advocate. They built a large organization, with some very high salaries at the top, based on the revenue they received from a single customer. And then that customer launched its own browser, #Chrome, in part because Firefox was going slower than Google desired because so many resources were going into other projects and because Google's plans were not always aligned with what Mozilla believed was best for the Web. It was always an unsustainable situation, and when things changed due to cooperation being replaced with coopetition, they started a panicked grasping for other revenue sources. Now, they've cut actual developers, which makes it even more difficult to keep up with Chrome / #Chromium (and the many browsers derived from it). And because they need to find other revenue sources, they keep looking for ad deals ... which runs crosswise with its core users, who want to block ads. So, yeah, I don't see a way out that leaves them as anything other than a niche product produced by a small team of mostly volunteers. I do think _personalization_ as a differentiator is going to flop, if they're thinking about color schemes and superhero logos. A big chunk of what people did with XUL (the former technology, and what made it so customizable) was produce ad blockers, script blockers, embedded-media blockers, pop-up blockers, cookie and tracking blockers, proxy tools, and web development tools (webdev toolbars, xml toolbars, json tools, css and xsl tools, sqlite tools). I just don't think that the ability to make your browser look like the Spiderman t-shirt you bought last week is going to win over a lot of people who are using Chrome/Chomium/Edge/Opera/Vivaldi/Brave/Iron. Now, maybe if they make it the most secure and private browser right out of the box, with ad blocking, script blocking, and so on, plus make it faster than the Chromium family while consuming less RAM and crashing less often, then adding the ability to dress the browser up as Dora the Explorer will total enough advantages to make a difference.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 16-Feb-2022 19:48:48 EST
A lot of us are concerned about #Firefox, about #Thunderbird, and about #Mozilla itself. The trouble is, most of the seeds of Moz's current affliction were planted early on, when the #Google search deal was first signed. They received an unimaginable amount of money, and being good people, they decided to pour it into becoming the Web's advocate and (later on) the Web's privacy advocate. They built a large organization, with some very high salaries at the top, based on the revenue they received from a single customer. And then that customer launched its own browser, #Chrome, in part because Firefox was going slower than Google desired because so many resources were going into other projects and because Google's plans were not always aligned with what Mozilla believed was best for the Web. It was always an unsustainable situation, and when things changed due to cooperation being replaced with coopetition, they started a panicked grasping for other revenue sources. Now, they've cut actual developers, which makes it even more difficult to keep up with Chrome / #Chromium (and the many browsers derived from it). And because they need to find other revenue sources, they keep looking for ad deals ... which runs crosswise with its core users, who want to block ads. So, yeah, I don't see a way out that leaves them as anything other than a niche product produced by a small team of mostly volunteers. I do think _personalization_ as a differentiator is going to flop, if they're thinking about color schemes and superhero logos. A big chunk of what people did with XUL (the former technology, and what made it so customizable) was produce ad blockers, script blockers, embedded-media blockers, pop-up blockers, cookie and tracking blockers, proxy tools, and web development tools (webdev toolbars, xml toolbars, json tools, css and xsl tools, sqlite tools). I just don't think that the ability to make your browser look like the Spiderman t-shirt you bought last week is going to win over a lot of people who are using Chrome/Chomium/Edge/Opera/Vivaldi/Brave/Iron. Now, maybe if they make it the most secure and private browser right out of the box, with ad blocking, script blocking, and so on, plus make it faster than the Chromium family while consuming less RAM and crashing less often, then adding the ability to dress the browser up as Dora the Explorer will total enough advantages to make a difference.
lnxw48a1: #Samsung and #Google announce unified watch platform, merging #Tizen and #Android based #WearOS. https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/18/22440483/samsung-smartwatch-google-wearos-tizen-watch [www theverge com]
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 01-Feb-2022 18:10:11 EST
#Samsung and #Google announce unified watch platform, merging #Tizen and #Android based #WearOS. https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/18/22440483/samsung-smartwatch-google-wearos-tizen-watch [www theverge com]
Google and Samsung are merging Wear OS and Tizen
lnxw48a1: Today is a very slow day. Ordinarily, I'd be using the company-paid #LinkedIn / #LockedOut Learning subscription to learn more about #MSAzure, #AWS, #PowerShell, or even #PHP. I take courses on both #Microsoft and #Amazon clouds, but never #Google, #IBM, #CenturyLink / #Lumen clouds. I need to look into those clouds.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 25-Jan-2022 10:25:52 EST
Today is a very slow day. Ordinarily, I'd be using the company-paid #LinkedIn / #LockedOut Learning subscription to learn more about #MSAzure, #AWS, #PowerShell, or even #PHP. I take courses on both #Microsoft and #Amazon clouds, but never #Google, #IBM, #CenturyLink / #Lumen clouds. I need to look into those clouds.
lnxw48a1: I do disagree with this, in that #Bing's search results aren't just bad because they can only crawl 90% of the sites that #Google can. Bing's results are bad because their ranking algorithms fail to put the information people are searching for at the top of the results. If one clicks through 9 or 10 pages of results, one might find something relevant, which was probably why #Yahoo and #DDG used to deliver better results than Bing, while sourcing most or all of their results from Bing.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 27-Dec-2021 20:40:32 EST
I do disagree with this, in that #Bing's search results aren't just bad because they can only crawl 90% of the sites that #Google can. Bing's results are bad because their ranking algorithms fail to put the information people are searching for at the top of the results. If one clicks through 9 or 10 pages of results, one might find something relevant, which was probably why #Yahoo and #DDG used to deliver better results than Bing, while sourcing most or all of their results from Bing.
lnxw48a1: https://nu.federati.net/url/284139 [www abc net au] Could #Australia build a national search engine to compete with #Google?
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 27-Dec-2021 20:35:29 EST
https://nu.federati.net/url/284139 [www abc net au] Could #Australia build a national search engine to compete with #Google?
'Only a knucklehead would take on Google': Why building our own search engine is so hard
hypolite: Offering to download a browser add-on to prevent data collection by your own services is downright criminal, #Google .Managing data Google Analytics collects on sites you visitWebsite owners use data collected by Google Analytics to make their sites work better. You can opt out of this data collection by downloading and installing a browser add-on https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
hypolite's status on Thursday, 23-Dec-2021 18:14:37 EST
Offering to download a browser add-on to prevent data collection by your own services is downright criminal, #Google . Managing data Google Analytics collects on sites you visit Website owners use data collected by Google Analytics to make their sites work better. You can opt out of this data collection by downloading and installing a browser add-on https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
lnxw48a1: @musicman They don't seem to be running Duckbot anymore, just grabbing results straight from #Bing. And Bing's results were almost as bad as Ask's, last time I checked. So, yeah, I don't know how #DDG (and to some extent #Yahoo) were able to do it before, but their results were far better than Bing's despite mostly coming from Bing. Now, they're pretty similar ... and overall bad. I still go to #DuckDuckGo first, but more and more, I find myself going to #Startpage or directly to #Google after a failed DDG search.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 22-Jun-2021 22:59:00 EDT
@musicman They don't seem to be running Duckbot anymore, just grabbing results straight from #Bing. And Bing's results were almost as bad as Ask's, last time I checked. So, yeah, I don't know how #DDG (and to some extent #Yahoo) were able to do it before, but their results were far better than Bing's despite mostly coming from Bing. Now, they're pretty similar ... and overall bad. I still go to #DuckDuckGo first, but more and more, I find myself going to #Startpage or directly to #Google after a failed DDG search.
lnxw48a1: https://therecord.media/google-abandons-experiment-to-show-simplified-domain-urls-in-chrome/ [therecord media] #Google abandons truncated #URLs. As nearly everyone predicted, the security outcomes were not improved.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 11-Jun-2021 13:08:50 EDT
https://therecord.media/google-abandons-experiment-to-show-simplified-domain-urls-in-chrome/ [therecord media] #Google abandons truncated #URLs. As nearly everyone predicted, the security outcomes were not improved.
Google abandons experiment to show simplified domain URLs in Chrome | The Record by Recorded Future
lnxw48a1: #Microsoft, #Apple, #Google fight against users' #right_to_repair the devices the user paid for. https://nu.federati.net/url/281249 [www bloomberg com]
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 23-May-2021 22:18:00 EDT
#Microsoft, #Apple, #Google fight against users' #right_to_repair the devices the user paid for. https://nu.federati.net/url/281249 [www bloomberg com]
lnxw48a1: Apple's App Store had 78% profit margins last year https://nu.federati.net/url/281161 [apple slashdot org] Though it is hard to feel any sympathy for #Epic_Games (being motivated by wanting to capture gamers in their own store, not to free #iOS users from captivity to Apple's store), I'm leaning toward wanting them to win their suit, just because #Apple and #Google exercise way too much control over what people can install on the devices they pay for.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 17-May-2021 19:30:03 EDT
Apple's App Store had 78% profit margins last year https://nu.federati.net/url/281161 [apple slashdot org] Though it is hard to feel any sympathy for #Epic_Games (being motivated by wanting to capture gamers in their own store, not to free #iOS users from captivity to Apple's store), I'm leaning toward wanting them to win their suit, just because #Apple and #Google exercise way too much control over what people can install on the devices they pay for.
Apple's App Store Had 78% Margin in 2019, Epic Expert Says - Slashdot
lnxw48a1: While I was on my walk, I saw a kid on a bike who reminded me of Charlie from the old neighborhood. So I threw Charlie’s full name into #DuckDuckGo and #Google and followed some links to see whether he left any tracks. So neither search produced the sort of results which used to be routine just a few years ago. First of all, any time you do this, the top half of results are the “search for anyone and we’ll find them … for a fee” sites. If you go to those sites and throw in first-middle-last name and age, you usually get hundreds of results, but that’s because they are not filtered … there will people from 18 to 80, people who only share one of the names in your search, people who have or had relationships with a person with the name, and people who have aliases close to the name in question. Next are “close, but no cigar” results: Similar names. Mug shots sites.* Only then will you see any interesting results. I haven’t been in contact with Charlie since we were both less than half our current ages. I am pretty sure I saw him walking across a store’s parking lot in the 1990s, but no contact was made. Nor was contact the object of my search. A good chunk of the people I once knew have passed on, so I really just wanted to see whether he was still among the living and to have a general idea where he might be. * In the past, I did find out about both Steve and Jay because of a mug shots site. Steve is presumably still behind bars in another state. Jay served a year or so and was released.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 14-May-2021 00:05:24 EDT
While I was on my walk, I saw a kid on a bike who reminded me of Charlie from the old neighborhood. So I threw Charlie’s full name into #DuckDuckGo and #Google and followed some links to see whether he left any tracks. So neither search produced the sort of results which used to be routine just a few years ago. First of all, any time you do this, the top half of results are the “search for anyone and we’ll find them … for a fee” sites. If you go to those sites and throw in first-middle-last name and age, you usually get hundreds of results, but that’s because they are not filtered … there will people from 18 to 80, people who only share one of the names in your search, people who have or had relationships with a person with the name, and people who have aliases close to the name in question. Next are “close, but no cigar” results: Similar names. Mug shots sites.* Only then will you see any interesting results. I haven’t been in contact with Charlie since we were both less than half our current ages. I am pretty sure I saw him walking across a store’s parking lot in the 1990s, but no contact was made. Nor was contact the object of my search. A good chunk of the people I once knew have passed on, so I really just wanted to see whether he was still among the living and to have a general idea where he might be. * In the past, I did find out about both Steve and Jay because of a mug shots site. Steve is presumably still behind bars in another state. Jay served a year or so and was released.
lnxw48a1: Also: #Chromium based browser #Brave disables #Google’s #FLoC https://brave.com/why-brave-disable-floc/ [brave com] https://nu.federati.net/url/281049 [www theverge com] notes that #Mozilla #Firefox currently has no plans to implement #FLoC and that #DuckDuckGo is already working to block FLoC. #Microsoft #Edge and #Apple #Safari issued somewhat evasive answers, but it is expected that Apple will be 100% no on FLoC.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 08-May-2021 23:56:36 EDT
Also: #Chromium based browser #Brave disables #Google’s #FLoC https://brave.com/why-brave-disable-floc/ [brave com] https://nu.federati.net/url/281049 [www theverge com] notes that #Mozilla #Firefox currently has no plans to implement #FLoC and that #DuckDuckGo is already working to block FLoC. #Microsoft #Edge and #Apple #Safari issued somewhat evasive answers, but it is expected that Apple will be 100% no on FLoC.
hypolite: FUD around Google FLoC and interest-cohort Permissions-Policy header value This non-standard header value fabled to opt you out of Google's new tracking technology is as close to tinfoil hat as you can get. Sure, it won't harm you, but it won't protect you from much either and you will look silly wearing it to people who know better. Tinfoil hat tip to @Seirdy #Google #FLoC seirdy.one/2021/04/16/permissi…
hypolite's status on Wednesday, 21-Apr-2021 10:46:27 EDT
FUD around Google FLoC and interest-cohort Permissions-Policy header value This non-standard header value fabled to opt you out of Google's new tracking technology is as close to tinfoil hat as you can get. Sure, it won't harm you, but it won't protect you from much either and you will look silly wearing it to people who know better. Tinfoil hat tip to @Seirdy #Google #FLoC seirdy.one/2021/04/16/permissi…
lnxw48a1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs #Bing sucks balls. 11 years later and this is still true: No one in their right mind would choose Bing over #Google.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 13-Apr-2021 18:56:44 EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs #Bing sucks balls. 11 years later and this is still true: No one in their right mind would choose Bing over #Google.
hypolite: Currently downloading 71 GB of compressed takeout data from the retired #Google Play Music service and I have absolutely no idea what's inside.
hypolite's status on Wednesday, 10-Feb-2021 09:50:37 EST
Currently downloading 71 GB of compressed takeout data from the retired #Google Play Music service and I have absolutely no idea what's inside.
lnxw48a1: Here's a good example and explanation of why you want ti move as much of your online life as possible away from #Google (and similar #corpocentric platforms). https://nu.federati.net/url/279741 [arstechnica com]
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 08-Feb-2021 14:27:30 EST
Here's a good example and explanation of why you want ti move as much of your online life as possible away from #Google (and similar #corpocentric platforms). https://nu.federati.net/url/279741 [arstechnica com]
Terraria developer cancels Google Stadia port after YouTube account ban
lnxw48a1: https://kotaku.com/google-stadia-shuts-down-internal-studios-changing-bus-1846146761 [kotaku com] #Google closing #Stadia’s internal studios ... bad sign for those who bought into their gaming infrastructure. I think I saw several people point out when it started that ${NASDAQ[‘GOOG’]} has a tendency to abandon projects when they appear to be starting to succeed. Google Reader is the classic example.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 01-Feb-2021 17:10:12 EST
https://kotaku.com/google-stadia-shuts-down-internal-studios-changing-bus-1846146761 [kotaku com] #Google closing #Stadia’s internal studios ... bad sign for those who bought into their gaming infrastructure. I think I saw several people point out when it started that ${NASDAQ[‘GOOG’]} has a tendency to abandon projects when they appear to be starting to succeed. Google Reader is the classic example.
Google Stadia Shuts Down Internal Studios, Changing Business Focus
lnxw48a1: https://battlepenguin.com/tech/google-maps-gets-worse-with-every-release/ He's right. Google Maps (like search and other #Google products) is in a declining usefulness phase.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 29-Jan-2021 15:08:18 EST
https://battlepenguin.com/tech/google-maps-gets-worse-with-every-release/ He's right. Google Maps (like search and other #Google products) is in a declining usefulness phase.
Google Maps Gets Worse with Every Release
lnxw48a1: #Fitbit acquired by #Google > I’m writing today to let you know that Fitbit is now officially part of Google. It’s an incredibly exciting moment for us as a company and for our Fitbit community of users around the globe. Years ago, I bought a Fitbit device. I closed my account and gave the device away, but they sent this notice today.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 15-Jan-2021 13:37:15 EST
#Fitbit acquired by #Google > I’m writing today to let you know that Fitbit is now officially part of Google. It’s an incredibly exciting moment for us as a company and for our Fitbit community of users around the globe. Years ago, I bought a Fitbit device. I closed my account and gave the device away, but they sent this notice today.
lnxw48a1: I'm hearing that #Google and #Apple are removing the apps for the #Parler #socnet from the #Android PlayStore and the #iOS AppStore. I'd argue that given their duopoly on mobile operating systems, the power to arbitrarily kick someone out is scary (regardless of how deserving Parler might be; I'm not even sure I've seen a screenshot of the site). I'd argue that this is evidence that the mobile OS and app store groups of both companies need to be split up, so that competition can come ... including strong competition for mobile app stores on each platform. Again, Parler may deserve it, especially if their users used the socnet to organize their insurrection attempt. (Though I suspect many of them probably used odious #corpocentric sites like #Twitter or #Facebook, which are not being punished.)
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 08-Jan-2021 20:24:53 EST
I'm hearing that #Google and #Apple are removing the apps for the #Parler #socnet from the #Android PlayStore and the #iOS AppStore. I'd argue that given their duopoly on mobile operating systems, the power to arbitrarily kick someone out is scary (regardless of how deserving Parler might be; I'm not even sure I've seen a screenshot of the site). I'd argue that this is evidence that the mobile OS and app store groups of both companies need to be split up, so that competition can come ... including strong competition for mobile app stores on each platform. Again, Parler may deserve it, especially if their users used the socnet to organize their insurrection attempt. (Though I suspect many of them probably used odious #corpocentric sites like #Twitter or #Facebook, which are not being punished.)
bkoehn: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… #google #union
bkoehn's status on Monday, 04-Jan-2021 16:51:35 EST
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… #google #union
lnxw48a1: From last August: #TikTok caught breaking #Android rules https://nu.federati.net/url/279202 [www marketwatch com] TikTok collected Android user data using tactic banned by #Google
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 03-Jan-2021 19:54:15 EST
From last August: #TikTok caught breaking #Android rules https://nu.federati.net/url/279202 [www marketwatch com] TikTok collected Android user data using tactic banned by #Google
TikTok collected Android user data using tactic banned by Google
lnxw48a1: Apparently, the FTC (and 48 state attorneys general) are suing #Facebook over its monopolistic practices, including buying up emerging competitors. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/25/facebook-ftc-lawsuit-440645 [www politico com] CAUTION: #JavaScrippled https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/09/tech/facebook-antitrust-lawsuit-ftc-attorney-generals/index.html [www cnn com] https://news.yahoo.com/states-ftc-suing-facebook-alleged-193833264.html [news yahoo com] The biggest question on everyone's minds should be where is #USDOJ? They should have sued back when Facebook bought #WhatsApp and #Instagram ... or at the least, been actively involved in prosecuting this lawsuit. It really does seem like DOJ's beef with #Google is that the bribes ^W political contributions weren't large enough or didn't reach the right person.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 09-Dec-2020 15:00:49 EST
Apparently, the FTC (and 48 state attorneys general) are suing #Facebook over its monopolistic practices, including buying up emerging competitors. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/25/facebook-ftc-lawsuit-440645 [www politico com] CAUTION: #JavaScrippled https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/09/tech/facebook-antitrust-lawsuit-ftc-attorney-generals/index.html [www cnn com] https://news.yahoo.com/states-ftc-suing-facebook-alleged-193833264.html [news yahoo com] The biggest question on everyone's minds should be where is #USDOJ? They should have sued back when Facebook bought #WhatsApp and #Instagram ... or at the least, been actively involved in prosecuting this lawsuit. It really does seem like DOJ's beef with #Google is that the bribes ^W political contributions weren't large enough or didn't reach the right person.
Late complication tangles FTC’s decision on suing Facebook
Dozens of states and the FTC sue Facebook for alleged anticompetitive behavior
States, FTC suing Facebook for alleged antitrust abuses
lnxw48a1: Of course,it has other consequences, and honestly, if my phone was stolen, I'd want it to get a secure wipe. Search for "Brother Orange" in #DDG or #Google, and you'll see why. #Android isn't the only one with such a misfeature. In organizations with #Apple #iOS devices, re-use after an employee leaves can be painful. Sometimes, after days or weeks of delay, Apple will inlock the devices for re-use, but sometimes, the org must buy a new phone.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 05-Dec-2020 13:17:39 EST
Of course,it has other consequences, and honestly, if my phone was stolen, I'd want it to get a secure wipe. Search for "Brother Orange" in #DDG or #Google, and you'll see why. #Android isn't the only one with such a misfeature. In organizations with #Apple #iOS devices, re-use after an employee leaves can be painful. Sometimes, after days or weeks of delay, Apple will inlock the devices for re-use, but sometimes, the org must buy a new phone.
lnxw48a1: > ... try Bing, I've heard it ... works alright. No idea about their filters, but I consider #Bing a failure at search. Their results are barely better than #Ask.com these days. Both #Yahoo and #DDG use their backend, but somehow have better results (but both are in steep decline). I do admit that it may vary based on the topics one searches for, but I've been trying out #Google alternatives for years, but no matter which I use, I eventually have to use Google (even if indirectly, such as via #StartPage or #Searx).
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 01-Dec-2020 19:50:14 EST
> ... try Bing, I've heard it ... works alright. No idea about their filters, but I consider #Bing a failure at search. Their results are barely better than #Ask.com these days. Both #Yahoo and #DDG use their backend, but somehow have better results (but both are in steep decline). I do admit that it may vary based on the topics one searches for, but I've been trying out #Google alternatives for years, but no matter which I use, I eventually have to use Google (even if indirectly, such as via #StartPage or #Searx).
lnxw48a1: #Google pulling back from #AMP just as antitrust pressure increases https://nu.federati.net/url/278168 [themarkup org]
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 20-Nov-2020 12:50:36 EST
#Google pulling back from #AMP just as antitrust pressure increases https://nu.federati.net/url/278168 [themarkup org]
As Antitrust Pressure Mounts, Google to Pull Back Benefit to News Sites That Adopted Its Preferred Mobile Technology – The Markup
lnxw48a1: By the way, I haven't been paying attention to such things for some time, so it's only been a couple of months since I even heard of #Widevine, and only today did I learn that this is a #Google product.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 16-Nov-2020 17:03:15 EST
By the way, I haven't been paying attention to such things for some time, so it's only been a couple of months since I even heard of #Widevine, and only today did I learn that this is a #Google product.
lnxw48a1: #Conservancy's Bradley Kuhn makes a proposal in light of new onslaught by #DRM / #TUR (Technological Usage Restrictions) companies https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/nov/13/widevine-dmca-takedown/ [sfconcervancy org] In this case, besides the #RIAA's baseless claim against YouTubeDL, #Google filed a claim against widevine-l3-decryptor https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-09-Google.md
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 16-Nov-2020 16:56:23 EST
#Conservancy's Bradley Kuhn makes a proposal in light of new onslaught by #DRM / #TUR (Technological Usage Restrictions) companies https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/nov/13/widevine-dmca-takedown/ [sfconcervancy org] In this case, besides the #RIAA's baseless claim against YouTubeDL, #Google filed a claim against widevine-l3-decryptor https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-09-Google.md
A Modest Proposal In The New Age of DMCA Takedown Aggression
lnxw48a1: 2020-11-11: #Google Play identified as main distribution channel for #Android #malware https://nu.federati.net/url/277913 [www zdnet com]
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 14-Nov-2020 02:27:13 EST
2020-11-11: #Google Play identified as main distribution channel for #Android #malware https://nu.federati.net/url/277913 [www zdnet com]
Play Store identified as main distribution vector for most Android malware | ZDNet
hypolite: Granted, it has only be deployed in Kenya, but this sort of willingness doesn't inspire me to get an Android phone when my aging iPhone ultimately fails me. #mobile #google www.xda-developers.com/google-…
hypolite's status on Monday, 09-Nov-2020 13:56:45 EST
Granted, it has only be deployed in Kenya, but this sort of willingness doesn't inspire me to get an Android phone when my aging iPhone ultimately fails me. #mobile #google www.xda-developers.com/google-…
lnxw48a1: #Google discloses #Microsoft #Windows 10 #zero-day vulnerability that is currently being exploited in the wild. Also patched a #Chrome zero-day. https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-discloses-windows-zero-day-exploited-in-the-wild/ [www zdnet com] #Win10 #security Patch incoming 2020-11-10, #Patch_Tuesday.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 31-Oct-2020 12:32:38 EDT
#Google discloses #Microsoft #Windows 10 #zero-day vulnerability that is currently being exploited in the wild. Also patched a #Chrome zero-day. https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-discloses-windows-zero-day-exploited-in-the-wild/ [www zdnet com] #Win10 #security Patch incoming 2020-11-10, #Patch_Tuesday.
Google discloses Windows zero-day exploited in the wild | ZDNet
lnxw48a1: From August. #Mozilla and #Google renew $400M search deal for three years. https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-google-search-deal/ [www zdnet com]
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 31-Oct-2020 12:24:33 EDT
From August. #Mozilla and #Google renew $400M search deal for three years. https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-google-search-deal/ [www zdnet com]
Sources: Mozilla extends its Google search deal | ZDNet
lnxw48a1: https://nu.federati.net/url/275530 [medium com] I know, yucky #Medium. Steve Yegge argues that #Google Cloud's deprecation policy is behind its slow growth compared to Amazon and Microsoft clouds.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 23-Sep-2020 16:31:07 EDT
https://nu.federati.net/url/275530 [medium com] I know, yucky #Medium. Steve Yegge argues that #Google Cloud's deprecation policy is behind its slow growth compared to Amazon and Microsoft clouds.
Dear Google Cloud: Your Deprecation Policy is Killing You