by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @05:16PM (#58593052)
You'll also begin to see ads in Google's discover feed
This will not infect me, at least not via the Android vector. I switched to iPhone (reluctantly) after waiting years for Google to get it's security act together, and while I'm not particularly trusting of Apple, when it comes to my privacy and security, I trust them a bit more than Google.
Which is a shame. I really want to like Google. I did at one time. But this crap, and their relentless collection of our data, has really put me off them. I now minimize my contact with both Google and Facebook, and someday in the coming years, will probably have to reconsider having a smart phone at all. I've even toyed with buying a house with a nice outbuilding, wiring all my tech stuff (computer, TV, telephone, etc.) there, and keeping all of it out of the main home where I expect to have privacy.
Don't get me started on the idiocy of buying surveillance devices such as Google Hub, Alexa et al. It's unbelievable how we'll screw ourselves for a new, shiny object. And voice commands... because we're too lazy to push a button or turn a nob, even from the comfort of our couch, so instead we put microphones all over the place without a thought in the world to who is listening, recording, or collecting data through them.
If big tech keeps this up, they're going to do to themselves what Detroit did to its auto industry (by foisting sub-standard crap on their customers their customers didn't want, but at the time didn't feel they could avoid...until Japan came along and offered alternatives). People feel the same about Facebook and Google, but less and less so the more onerous these services become, and I sense we're rapidly reaching a tipping point.
NO thanks! (Score:4, Interesting)
You'll also begin to see ads in Google's discover feed
This will not infect me, at least not via the Android vector. I switched to iPhone (reluctantly) after waiting years for Google to get it's security act together, and while I'm not particularly trusting of Apple, when it comes to my privacy and security, I trust them a bit more than Google.
Which is a shame. I really want to like Google. I did at one time. But this crap, and their relentless collection of our data, has really put me off them. I now minimize my contact with both Google and Facebook, and someday in the coming years, will probably have to reconsider having a smart phone at all. I've even toyed with buying a house with a nice outbuilding, wiring all my tech stuff (computer, TV, telephone, etc.) there, and keeping all of it out of the main home where I expect to have privacy.
Don't get me started on the idiocy of buying surveillance devices such as Google Hub, Alexa et al. It's unbelievable how we'll screw ourselves for a new, shiny object. And voice commands ... because we're too lazy to push a button or turn a nob, even from the comfort of our couch, so instead we put microphones all over the place without a thought in the world to who is listening, recording, or collecting data through them.
If big tech keeps this up, they're going to do to themselves what Detroit did to its auto industry (by foisting sub-standard crap on their customers their customers didn't want, but at the time didn't feel they could avoid...until Japan came along and offered alternatives). People feel the same about Facebook and Google, but less and less so the more onerous these services become, and I sense we're rapidly reaching a tipping point.