Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
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Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#2Chrome also syncs your browser history and passwords with their servers. They have your search history. They have your private email. They have your YouTube history. They have your private documents and photos. They run your phone. They possibly run your laptop.
I guess my point is it goes far beyond Chrome. Google is running the Borg hive mind.
Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#3I'll go ya one further. You shouldn't use any Google product.
Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#4Chrome also syncs your browser history and passwords with their servers. They have your search history. They have your private email. They have your YouTube history. They have your private documents and photos. They run your phone. They possibly run your laptop. I guess my point is it goes far beyond Chrome. Google is running the Borg hive mind.
Borg is the name of the backend service that runs a lot of Google software - https://research.google.com/pubs/pub43438.html?hl=es#:~:text....
Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#5It’s a shame that Chrome turned out to be much more than just the chrome of the browser — the UI components built around the rendering and network engine.
I would love to (1) see the two separated and (2) have a much smaller chrome on top. For example, I don’t even need tabs when my WM can handle that stuff for me. I’d also be quite happy for the browser to store no state in between sessions (yet still have the ability to assist with usernames and passwords — if I need persistent state between visits it’s usually handled by logging in to the handful of sites I care about.)
This is part of a wider earthy-crunchiness I’ve found in my later life, including only using a (recycled, 100$) desktop computer instead of my MacBook, and turning it off when I’m not using it. In the true pedigree of earthy-crunchy types I also apparently cannot help proselytising about my life choices!
Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#6Chrome also syncs your browser history and passwords with their servers. They have your search history. They have your private email. They have your YouTube history. They have your private documents and photos. They run your phone. They possibly run your laptop. I guess my point is it goes far beyond Chrome. Google is running the Borg hive mind.
It's incredibly convenient. I sat down at a new laptop about a month ago and realized I was blanking on my bank account credentials.
Fortunately, since I use Chrome, I was able to log in and get them clouded over. Whew!
Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#7I'll go ya one further. You shouldn't use any Google product.
Sometimes you have no choice. Send an email to any @gmail.com address and you’re using a Google product. Then you have the myriad of analytics and tracking and such.
Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#8Chrome also syncs your browser history and passwords with their servers. They have your search history. They have your private email. They have your YouTube history. They have your private documents and photos. They run your phone. They possibly run your laptop. I guess my point is it goes far beyond Chrome. Google is running the Borg hive mind.
Borg is the name of the backend service that runs a lot of Google software - https://research.google.com/pubs/pub43438.html?hl=es#:~:text... .
That's the nod-and-wink joke about the name Kubernetes. While it's a "controller" (hence the name) its design was inspired by borg.
... Kubernetes, or "kube" for short. ;)
Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#9Chrome also syncs your browser history and passwords with their servers. They have your search history. They have your private email. They have your YouTube history. They have your private documents and photos. They run your phone. They possibly run your laptop. I guess my point is it goes far beyond Chrome. Google is running the Borg hive mind.
It's incredibly convenient. I sat down at a new laptop about a month ago and realized I was blanking on my bank account credentials. Fortunately, since I use Chrome, I was able to log in and get them clouded over. Whew!
That means you were already logged into google. At that point just use Bitwarden.
Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#10Chrome also syncs your browser history and passwords with their servers. They have your search history. They have your private email. They have your YouTube history. They have your private documents and photos. They run your phone. They possibly run your laptop. I guess my point is it goes far beyond Chrome. Google is running the Borg hive mind.
This is why China bans these companies long ago. Imagine handing your population’s intel on a silver platter to your adversary.