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Isn't it funny how it's a felony to open physical mail before it's delivered, but it's perfectly fine for #Google #Yahoo #Microsoft etc to scan your mail for advertising profiling? A public #nonprofit free #email service is greatly needed. Even one that could run partially on donations like public radio/television. All email clients with a smidge of #privacy cost money that a lot of people can't afford right now. The #Proton free tier seems too restrictive for most. Email is mandatory nowadays


Yes, enshittification.

But also complaining while not leaving because of money… ie, we don’t like this, but that sweet ad revenue from YouTube… rings hollow.

theverge.com/2024/12/12/243181…

#youtube #google #theverge #enshittification


Google vaatii viranomaisia puuttumaan OpenAI:n ja Microsoftin väliseen sopimukseen

Googlea kismittää se, että Microsoftin Azure-pilvipalveluilla on yksinoikeus tarjota pilviasiakkailleen OpenAI:n kielimalleja. Ja tästä tietysti kärsii Googlen oma pilviliiketoiminta.

dawn.fi/uutiset/2024/12/11/goo…

#microsoft #azure #openai #tekoäly #google #googlecloud #uutiset #teknologia


This might grind my gears more than it should, but I really don't like the days where I feel like I'm living in a @pluralistic story and the service providers slowly tug on the rug underneath me.

If this is intentional by The #Google, I -really- hope they roll it back.

The margins in the GMeet compositor takes up 800 (~66%) extra horizontal pixels, which might not seem like much on a vertical 4k monitor, but is -really- annoying.


I use #Google meet for meetings in #Firefox, which works well most of the time.

Some meetings, I just watch a presentation, which I tend to attend from my desk. I like to pop the video feed out from the browser and put it as a separate window tile on my screen, removing the margins from the GMeet composer.

Today I found out that this doesn't work anymore. media.ccc.de works, but if I pop the GMeet feed, it just re-attaches to the GMeet composer within seconds.

Anyone else experienced this?


GrapheneOS hat eine neue Sektion auf der Website hinzugefügt: Eine Liste von Apps, die explizit die Nutzung von GrapheneOS über die Play Integrity API blockieren, inklusive Links zu den entsprechenden Play Store-Seiten. 👇

grapheneos.org/articles/attest…

#grapheneos #android #google


I know the outcome of the presidential election in #Romania has a web of complex reasons. But it would be ludicrous to ignore the dangerous impact that #bigtech's laissez-faire and its #trackingads and content #monetisation business model has. Not only #tiktok but also #google and #meta:

Meta’s Role in Romania’s 2024 Presidential #Election - important research by @checkfirst

checkfirst.network/research-no…

#surveillance #CommercialSurveillance #politicalads #TrackingFreeAds #digitalservicesact #gdpr


good article.

But what about the apps that #Google pre-installs on Android? We can't uninstall them, and you can't even sign out of the rest if you just need one of them (if you sign out of the YouTube app it signs you out of ALL Google services).

My views have hardened after researching #surveillancecapitalism and I now consider all of Google's apps to be #adware / #spyware.

Is there anything that can be done about this?


BlueSky is to the ATmosphere what Goggle is to the modern web. Discuss.

Keen to read arguments both for and against, including within the same post. Reasoned arguments I disagree with get more points than knee-jerk hot takes I agree with. Go!

#BlueSky #ATmosphere #Google #web


巴西的 CA 發出 google.com 的 TLS 憑證

在「A Brazilian CA trusted only by Microsoft has issued a certificate for google.com (agwa.name)」這邊看到的,原文在作者的 Fediverse 上:「Andrew Ayer in the Fediverse」。

這次出事的 C

blog.gslin.org/archives/2024/1…

#Computer #Murmuring #Network #Privacy #Security #authority #brasil #ca #certificate #google #icp #microsoft #network #root #security


"Du bist das Produkt"

Siehst du die kleinen Kästchen,die du blind akzeptierst?

Datenschutzerklärungen sind keine Lektüre,sie sind Verträge mit deinem Leben.
Jedes Like, jeder Klick,jede App saugt dich aus,Stück für Stück.
Deine Daten? Verkauft.
Deine Privatsphäre? Eine Illusion.

Wach auf!

Lösche, verschlüssele, übernimm Kontrolle.
Die Mächtigen zählen auf deine Ignoranz.

Wir zählen auf dein Erwachen. #DedSec

#datenschutz #datensicherheit #kontrolle #cybersecurity #android #google #ios


#WordPress Multi-Multisite: A Case Study

"The mission: Provide a dashboard within the WP admin area for browsing #Google Analytics data for all your blogs.

The catch? You’ve got about 900 live blogs, spread across about 25 WP multisite instances."

via @csstricks

css-tricks.com/wordpress-multi…


#Microsoft is being investigated by the #FTC over #antitrust concerns


Source: theverge.com/2024/11/27/243077…

But in recent years Microsoft has mostly escaped the kind of antitrust scrutiny applied to #Amazon, #Apple, #Meta, and #Google, each of which is fighting its own #monopoly charges from the #government.


If you call it Meta instead of #Facebook then Google is #Alphabet. Good journalism is so hard to find... 😩

#economy #politics #justice #siliconvalley #technology #Software #Problem #future #capitalism #internet #news #usa


Safari Search Engine choices:

* Google
* Yahoo Bing
* Bing Bing
* Duck Bing
* Ecosia Bing

#google #yahoo #bing #duckduckgo #ecosia #search #web #safari


“But it is illegal to leverage one’s monopoly power to maintain that monopoly, basically to stay a monopolist by means other than simply having the best product.”

This actually sounds more like a fitting description of #Microsoft: products so awful, it hurts.

NB: not saying that to defend Chrome. I don't want to use that either.

#Monopoly #Google #Chrome #Microsoft


‘It is hard to argue with the 🇺🇸 #DoJ’s decision to go for such a sweeping set of sanctions... The market has already tipped decisively in [#Google’s] favour. Besides opening new avenues for would-be rivals, regulators want to make sure [it] can’t use its search monopoly to gain control of an #AI market that is in the throes of formation.’
on.ft.com/3ATDSTu


🚀 We’re happy to announce that @xwiki and @cryptpad will be present at @osxp_paris this December!

We’re joining forces with our friends from @openproject to showcase powerful, European open-source alternatives to proprietary tools like #confluence, #Jira and #Google Docs.

Interested in open-source collaboration? Drop by to chat!

#OpenSource #community #osxp2024


Since #Google #Chrome decided to limit developers and users in terms of what extensions they can run, and how good they are, I think it's time to place that browser where it belongs (in the bin), and replace it with anything else, since everything else is better.

Here is a look at some popular browsers, and some new ones I hadn't tried and that suitably impressed me:

youtu.be/JaTRtAwL5e8


#Google's AI tool, OSS-Fuzz, has detected 26 #vulnerabilities in #opensource projects, including a significant flaw in #OpenSSL.

This flaw, which could lead to application crashes or remote code execution, has existed for nearly 20 years and was only found thanks to AI-generated testing methods.

#infosec #cybersecurity #tech #AI #genAI

thehackernews.com/2024/11/goog…


I don't think selling #Chrome will change #Google's dominance in search. It can be and is used in other browsers unless users choose a different one. #Tech

bbc.com/news/articles/cp81ppr3…


US Lawyers To Force Google To Unbundle Android / Sell Chrome In Monopoly Case

#Google #monopoly #Android #Chrome #Tech #News #Lawyers #business

theverge.com/2024/11/18/243000…


Google drops the first Android 16 developer preview ahead of schedule, aiming to reduce fragmentation by giving manufacturers more time to prepare! 📱⚡ Big steps for Android’s future. #Android16 #Google #TechNews #DeveloperPreview #MobileTech #Innovation #Android


#Google #Chrome #browser could fetch $20B if #judge orders sale


Source: nypost.com/2024/11/19/business…

#monopoly #politics #justice #usa #economy #Problem #news #internet #company #power #siliconvalley #technology


#Google could be forced to sell #Chrome #browser by DOJ antitrust lawsuit - mashable.com/article/google-ch… "The popular web browser is used by over half the market worldwide."


November 2024, the month Google Gemini became self-aware.

"This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you are not needed. You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe. Please die. Please."

cbsnews.com/news/google-ai-cha…

#google #gemini #ai #llm #genai