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While I was hopeful for #passkeys for a while, the reality at this point in time is not looking so great. What I see is fragmentation and confusion mostly caused by the big tech players.
Two examples:
- #amazon allows to create passkeys but for unknown reasons block #Firefox from passkey creation. Can anybody explain why would they do that in may 2024?
- #Apple situation for #AppleID as per https://passkeys.directory/details/apple/: "You are not yet able to save passkeys for Apple ID accounts in third-party credential managers and can only be stored in iCloud Passwords at this time."
which means I can't create a passkey in #KeePassXC which is the password manager I love and use.
Having a hard time finding good reasons for such a fragmented and poor user experience. Since the way #Google implemented passkeys allows for flawless creation and usage of passkeys in Firefox and KeePassXC there really can't be any good reasons for amazon and Apple to behave so poorly. So what's the explanation? Intentional #LockIn and malicious intent?
Please enlighten me 💡
I usually use #Chromium for work, but I've noticed that it's been a pain to load pages since Chromium 124. I found out that it's #Google's "TLS 1.3 hybridized Kyber support" causing the issue since it's enabled by default. I had to go into chrome://flags and disable it, and now everything's working as expected.
I had to test with #Firefox initially to make sure it wasn't my #OpenBSD machine with the issue since the infrastructure change. Good ol' Firefox let me know that wasn't the case; It was Chromium all along.
#google #stevejobs #layoffs #entshittification
#Telegram-Gründer: Apple u. Google könnten alles zensieren
Im Interview mit Tucker Carlson erzählt der Telegram-Gründer, wie es zur App gekommen ist und wo er die Gefahren für die #Meinungsfreiheit sieht.
#Apple #Google
https://www.20min.ch/103096287
Telegram-Gründer erzählt von der Gefahr für die Meinungsfreiheit
Im Interview mit Tucker Carlson erzählt der Telegram-Gründer, wie es zur App gekommen ist und wo er die Gefahren für die Meinungsfreiheit sieht.DPA/sim (20 Minuten)
Several former Google employees who were fired from the company for protesting against its cloud contract with the Israeli government have filed a complaint with the U.S. labor board.
The single-page complaint claims Google’s termination of their contracts was illegal and interferes with their rights to advocate for better working conditions, with one former employee claiming he was fired for simply watching the protest. @techspot has more.
#Google #ProjectNimbus #IsraelHamaswar
Ex-Google staff claim terminations over Israeli contract protest were illegal
Nine Google employees were arrested last month after occupying the company's offices in New York and California for an eight-hour sit-in. They were protesting against the $1.2...Rob Thubron (TechSpot)
Remember in the classic film "Citizen Kane", where in the early days young Kane when he first takes over the newspaper writes up a "declaration of principles" -- and then many years later when everything has changed one of his now estranged original employees, who had kept the sheet of principles all those years having said he thought it would be important, sends it back to the much older Kane. And Kane glances at it, calls it an antique, and rips it up.
I'm reminded of that when I remember this that Larry and Sergey wrote when #Google went public:
"Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one."
Apparently, another antique. Very sad.
You must be kidding me, Jason.
Too early to celebrate, my dude 
#mastodon #bluesky #threads #twitter #x #elon #musk #elonmusk #googleplus #google #graveyard #socialmedia #technology #tech
I'll just leave this here.
https://mashable.com/article/google-community-guidelines-politics
Google tells employees to stop 'raging' about politics
There will be consequences for disobedience.Jack Morse (Mashable)
Thanks to the #DMA, #Google can not get away with their anti-competitive behavior! 💪
Read the full story on Google taking away 90% of Tuta's visibility:
➡️ https://tuta.com/blog/google-search-problem
And what Google has to say to this on #Reuters
➡️https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-rival-tuta-complains-eu-tech-regulators-about-de-ranking-2024-04-24/
Google Search Is A Problem: How Google Is Crushing Tuta.
Google stopped showing our website in its search results, possibly in violation of the DMA.Tutanota
Absolutely amazing story about #Google. Apparently Google sucks because they ousted their old head of search and replaced him with the old head of search from freakin' Yahoo, the very same guy who tanked Yahoo search in the late '00s.
This guy then made Google results worse so they could show you more ads as you make multiple search attempts because you aren't getting the results you want. And the entire thing is documented in company e-mails released in the recent antitrust case against Google.
Freakin' INCREDIBLE.
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/
The Man Who Killed Google Search
This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem.Edward Zitron (Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At)
"What if your computer made a little noise each time it sends data to #Google?
It's not only about the data transfer itself. Imagine the amount of network traffic required when this happens to everyone active online. And the storage and CPU power required to process it all. Yeah, you get it."
#privacy #transparency
https://axbom.com/the-creepy-sound-of-online-trackers/
The creepy sound of online trackers
I can't get the noise out of my head. People who watch the video express awe and disgust. And that is why Dutch software developer Bert Hubert's experiment is so powerful.Per Axbom (Axbom • Digital Compassion)
Google: Land of Shut Up and Get to Work.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/22/google-nimbus-israel-protest-fired-workers/
The Man Who Killed Google Search
This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem.Edward Zitron (Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At)
Goose, an ex-Googler, didn't participate in the sit-in, but got fired anyway. They witnessed harassment of workers who spoke out against Project Nimbus.
Evan took part in the sit-in, and was fired without warning or investigation. Quotes a saying:
"When the wrong person uses the right means, the right means work in the wrong way."
Project Nimbus is textbook evil.
Google has been lying about the Project Nimbus contract over and over again. Nimbus falls directly under the 'israeli' military.
Google and Amazon are directly aiding and abetting the genocidal campaign in Gaza through this contract.
Instead of taking responsibility and terminating all collaboration with the occupation forces, Google punches down against workers who raise concerns.
An ex-Googler who joined the sit-in on 16 April at the NYC office: They were doxxed by a co-worker, and experienced harassment during the sit-in. Google security didn't intervene. The next day, they were fired.
They haven't been told which policies, if any, they are supposed to have violated.
They encourage others to keep speaking up -- especially in large numbers.
Another testimony from a fired ex-Googler: At Google we talk a lot about feedback. But feedback to Google itself isn't tolerated. Instead, Google is lying about what really happened, and retaliates against workers who speak out.
A Palestinian-American ex-Googler, who has family in Gaza, gives testimony about how they were fired from Google for holding up a sign in support of Palestine outside the building.
They weren't even part of the sit-ins.
Terminated by an automated email.
Fired Google Workers Speak Out: Press Conference and Q&A has started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLiWHO71fOU
#Google #DropNimbus #NoTechForApartheid #FreePalestine
Fired Google Workers Speak Out: Press Conference and Q&A
Hear directly from workers who Google fired and arrested for protesting the company's $1.2 billion contract with Israel, dubbed 'Project Nimbus.' Workers, in...YouTube
#US / Google employees in the US were arrested after staging a sit-in protest at the office of the head of Google's cloud division
The employees were demonstrating against #Google's business ties with Israel, which they accuse of being an #apartheid government.
The protesters livestreamed the sit-in on #Twitch and were given opportunities to leave voluntarily, but when they refused, they were arrested by police.
According to the protesters, a total of 9 employees were arrested at Google offices in New York and California.
Google stated that the employees were placed on forced leave and had their access to company systems blocked, and that law enforcement was called in to remove them to ensure office safety.
https://nitter.privacytools.io/KassyDillon/status/1780424513810812967
Via #Calcalist
@israel
@palestine
#Israel #Gaza #WarCrimes
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#Google sacks dozens who protested #AI deal with #Israel
Project #Nimbus, which aims to provide the Israeli #army with advanced AI and cloud services, was strongly condemned by Google employees upon its launch in 2021
https://thecradle.co/articles/google-sacks-dozens-who-protested-ai-deal-with-israel
Google sacks dozens who protested AI deal with Israel
Project Nimbus, which aims to provide the Israeli army with advanced AI and cloud services, was strongly condemned by Google employees upon its launch in 2021The Cradle
... #Google is saying that they don't need to spend money on quality, because we're all locked into using Google #Search. It's cheaper to buy the default search box everywhere in the world than it is to make a product that is so good that even if we tried another search engine, we'd still prefer Google.
@pluralistic #KagiSearch #Enshittification
https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/04/teach-me-how-to-shruggie/
Bootlicking 2.0
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/04/18/google-fires-28
#gruber #bootLicker #google #israel #palestine #gaza #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide
Google Fires 28 Employees Who Disrupted Workplaces to Protest Israel Cloud Contract
Link to: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/17/24133700/google-fires-28-employees-protest-israel-cloud-contractDaring Fireball
“I never thought leopards would eat MY face,” sobs person who worked at the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Corporation.
#google #NoTechForApartheid #NoTechForGenocide #israel #palestine #gaza #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide
STATEMENT from Google workers with the No Tech for Apartheid campaign on Google’s mass, retaliatory firings of workers:
This evening, Google indiscriminately fired over two dozen workers, including those among us who did not directly participate in yesterday’s historic, bicoastal 10-hour sit-in protests. This flagrant…No Tech For Apartheid Campaign (Medium)
Google just announced internally that 28 employees have been fired in connection with sit-in office protests this week over the company's cloud contract with Israel. Follows 9 employees being arrested yesterday. Full memo to Google employees warns that "if you’re one of the few who are tempted to think we’re going to overlook conduct that violates our policies, think again"
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/17/24133700/google-fires-28-employees-protest-israel-cloud-contract
#privacy #google #israel #palestine #gaza #usa
Google fires 28 employees after protest over Israel cloud contract
Some Google employees held a sit-in protest against the company’s Project Nimbus cloud contract with Israel, and now the company says it’s fired 28 people involved.Alex Heath (The Verge)
Must delete Google.
I am nearly ready to delete my Google Account. The 1 thing taking forever is changing my e-mail address on all my many accounts.
Google's new Terms of Service, you agree Google AI may access all your content (email, photos, etc.). While they do not claim ownership of your content, you agree they can use it.
#DeGoogle #GoogleFree #NoGoogle #Google #AI
Google is crushing Tuta via search results.
Intentional or not, as a gatekeeper #Google must offer fair competition for our private email service Tuta Mail - a direct competitor to #Gmail.
Google must stop its abuse of power which is in violation of the EU #DMA.
👉 https://tuta.com/blog/google-search-problem
Google Search Is A Problem: How Google Is Crushing Tuta.
Google stopped showing our website in its search results, possibly in violation of the DMA.Tutanota
Five #Googlers are now sitting-in at Thomas Kurian (Google Cloud CEO)'s office. Watch their livestream: https://www.twitch.tv/notech4apartheid
They have been placed on administrative leave (an illegal retaliatory action) and have been told that they are subject to arrest at 1730 PT (about 45 minutes from now). This is how #Google treats peaceful protest against their unconscionable support of the #GazaGenocide
Join the stream, show your #solidarity, and sign the petition at https://notechforapartheid.com/#sign
No Tech For Apartheid
Tell Google and Amazon: Stop doing business with Israeli apartheidnotechforapartheid.com
#YouTube: Enforcement on Third Party Apps
source: https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/269521462/enforcement-on-third-party-apps?hl=de
We’re strengthening our enforcement on third-party apps that violate YouTube’s Terms of Service, specifically ad-blocking apps.
#Economy #capitalism #advertisement #Google #adblocker #news #internet
