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Topic: Does anyone think most Google products are spying on them? (Read 592 times)

hero member
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Wouldn't limit it to Google products.

And of course.


Well, Facebook and other social media platforms do the same. That's literally where almost their entire revenue comes from.
newbie
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Wouldn't limit it to Google products.

And of course.

member
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You shouldn't have a problem with the government doing some type of spying. They're not spying on you to exploit you or your family like everyone makes it out to be, they do it to prevent crime, terrorist attacks, etc. People that worry about being spied on are 90% of the time doing something illegal that don't want to get caught.
hero member
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Yes, we are guilty too. There are measure which we can do to avoid such spying.
Those measures are "too difficult" for a lot of people though. What is needed is a competitor that gives everybody the option to opt in or opt out of sharing their data.
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Yes, we are guilty too. There are measure which we can do to avoid such spying.
hero member
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LOL, for real?  everyone knows they're watching you.  heck, they probably knew what I was going to type here before I did!
They did for sure. They used to have an oracle that auto-completed your questions a few years ago. I'm sure they have an army now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blB_X38YSxQ
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LOL, for real?  everyone knows they're watching you.  heck, they probably knew what I was going to type here before I did!
hero member
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Lmao no they're the most secure system in the world.
I really can't tell if that's sarcasm or if you seriously think that.
newbie
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Lmao no they're the most secure system in the world.
newbie
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i just assume that they are
hero member
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Google may be spying on you but in reality we're being spied on constantly. I have heard of supermarkets tracking customers movements thru their stores by using nfc tracking. And of course online, every website you go to has some type of tracking cookie. It's amazing how freely we give up our private data. I'm guilty too. Conveniences and utility for privacy is a sacrifice most of us are willing to make. Good, bad or indifferent.
The blockchain could one day change that though. Projects like Presearch are trying to create a platform that will pay the users of their site the ad revenue that the site creates.

And I'm sure that someone will come along and start paying us for our data as well - if we choose to make it available and sell it.

Once that happens people will either choose to go private or sell their data on a large scale, and single corporations won't use normal people as lifestock any longer.
newbie
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Anyone who doesn't think or realize that they are being watched is just naive.  Every key stroke you make, even the ones that you backup and erase, is being recorded.  That you can bet on. 
member
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Google may be spying on you but in reality we're being spied on constantly. I have heard of supermarkets tracking customers movements thru their stores by using nfc tracking. And of course online, every website you go to has some type of tracking cookie. It's amazing how freely we give up our private data. I'm guilty too. Conveniences and utility for privacy is a sacrifice most of us are willing to make. Good, bad or indifferent.
sr. member
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Almost certainly for marketing purposes Google sort of openly admits this.
newbie
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Yes, of course, we are living in the age of data mining and especially google products (chrome/gmail) are the best evidence, but, shit, I`m still using chrome and gmail. (And don't forget win 10 ! Spy Suckers)
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Of course, they are all spying on you. Microsoft is big with spying too, as they log all your actions on Windows 10. Twitter won't let you open an account without soon requesting a phone number...why would Twitter require a phone number, if they didn't want to track you personally.

Microsoft Windows 10 is an abomination. One wrong move and all of microsoft machines with windows 10 could potentially be compromised. I had to personally turn off some of windows10 features but that breaks some dependencies and you know where this is going..

Safest is linux certain distros.....MacOS is the other one.
sr. member
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Of course, they are all spying on you. Microsoft is big with spying too, as they log all your actions on Windows 10. Twitter won't let you open an account without soon requesting a phone number...why would Twitter require a phone number, if they didn't want to track you personally.
sr. member
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☆Gaget-Pack☆
If you have a smart phone (Android, or Apple) every time you download an app, you give consent to give access away to certain aspects you may consider privacy.
   The smarter your computer based gadgets become, the less privacy you will have. Technology is a double edged sword. It's not necessary a bad thing, but privacy is subjective,  so it's up for debate!
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I don't use Chrome, and I try to avoid using Google search as much as I can. Unfortunately, I have to use an Android phone, and Gmail as my primary personal email. I'm sure Google still gets plenty of information about me.
sr. member
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"The fish rots from the head first"
I'm not too worried about Google, but I tried to restart my computer recently and apparently someone was "sharing" by computer unbeknownst to me.  I had to force a restart. 
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