Big brother is here, and his name is Facebook

Post by leereeves » Sat, Aug 12, 2017, 8:51 PM UTC

aphextron wrote: post #30

Deimorz wrote: post #9

Personally, I think Google is just as terrifying, possibly more. As an example, just take a fairly normal life situation like going out for dinner with some friends, and think about how much of it goes "through" Google: --- One of your friends sends an email to 6 others, to ask if everyone's free for dinner on Friday. 5 of the 7 people involved use gmail or a google apps address. You've never heard of the restaurant…

The conclusion I've come to regarding Google is that you just have to accept it for now. The services that they provide are so above and beyond anything from any other provider that to not use them puts you at a great disadvantage. Google search is an order of magnitude above the competition. There is no serious alternative to Google maps. The level of integration that Google Calendar has with practically everything…

Post by benevol » Sat, Aug 12, 2017, 8:59 PM UTC

mattlondon wrote: post #112

Deimorz wrote: post #9

Personally, I think Google is just as terrifying, possibly more. As an example, just take a fairly normal life situation like going out for dinner with some friends, and think about how much of it goes "through" Google: --- One of your friends sends an email to 6 others, to ask if everyone's free for dinner on Friday. 5 of the 7 people involved use gmail or a google apps address. You've never heard of the restaurant…

You can go a long way to blocking a lot of these by using some alternatives: * Using DuckDuckGo ( https://duckduckgo.com/ ). It is really decent and has good desktop and mobile integration. * Using a browser like Brave ( https://www.brave.com/ ) that blocks trackers etc. Android app is superb. * Using a Maps replacement like OSM ( https://www.openstreetmap.org ) on desktop and OsmAnd on mobile ( https://play.google.c…

Post by hutzlibu » Sat, Aug 12, 2017, 9:03 PM UTC

graeme wrote: post #108

hutzlibu wrote: post #102

I wonder how many people who write about big brother and 1984, have actually read the book. Because I live a life without facebook. In 1984 there was no opt-out - full violent dominant controll, all the time. Also over the thoughts. We are maybe beeing spied on a lot, by many different organizations - but I am not going to torture/brainwashed camp, because I THINK xxx is bad. I can also say it. So continue to critici…

But how much does facebook know abiut you? * photos amd comtact info uploaded by friends * tracking scripts all over the web * any datasets they may purchase to make correlations I'llbet they have a lot more on you than you think.

Post by utbabya » Sat, Aug 12, 2017, 9:07 PM UTC

jfktrey wrote: post #79

Deimorz wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It gets even more frightening if you realize that you're probably not even considering all of the "deeper" levels. Almost everything I listed in my comment was pretty surface-level stuff, where it's at least somewhat obvious that you're giving the data to them (some things like the analytics not so much, but still not really "hidden"). But now start thinking about some other things: - Are any of the sites you're usin…

It almost seems impossible to use the internet for even a day without having some usage information leaked to Google.

Post by amiga-workbench » Sat, Aug 12, 2017, 9:15 PM UTC

Deimorz wrote: post #9

Personally, I think Google is just as terrifying, possibly more. As an example, just take a fairly normal life situation like going out for dinner with some friends, and think about how much of it goes "through" Google: --- One of your friends sends an email to 6 others, to ask if everyone's free for dinner on Friday. 5 of the 7 people involved use gmail or a google apps address. You've never heard of the restaurant…