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Re: Google moderates Google Collections items

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Post by jp-x-g »

justin101 wrote: post #4

I am as horrified as you probably are, but Google is quite possibly not allowed (by law) to share certain links. Even if technically allowed, their lawyers would likely not let them participate or facilitate sharing links to sites that would be deemed "facilitating illegal activity". People are starting to learn why all their s*t should not be up in the cloud.

I think this depends on a radical redefinition of what it means to "share" something. If I put a book in a self-storage unit, and later go to retrieve it, is the owner of the property "providing" or "sharing" the book? What if I am leasing an apartment from a landlord?

I suppose it is an issue inherent to services set up to run through central providers, who can institute arbitrary controls on the services, i.e. if they don't they are failing to do so, which of course exposes them to liability and censure, et cetera.

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Post by jwr »

Trust Google with your data, don't be surprised if they act like the corporation they are. Seriously, I don't understand why after all these years and all the examples people still treat google as this "cool tech company".

Re: Google moderates Google Collections items

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Post by makeitdouble »

turquoisevar wrote: post #2

Who needs dystopian fiction when Google is here to have us live it in real life? Another reason why E2EE is important.

The other end is Google though, as you'll get access to your Sync data from everywhere you log in.

The solution is probably a service ran on the user end, like the ones offered by Synology or the other NAS makers.

Re: Google moderates Google Collections items

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Post by Larrikin »

trpv wrote: post #8
retrocryptid wrote: post #3

Who uses Google sync anymore? I mean, seriously.

I just recently started to. Stopped using pretty much all Google services years ago, but the company I work for now uses (and heavily relies on) Google Workspace, so couldn’t avoid it. Being able to log into a browser and have all of your bookmarks, history, settings, and passwords is great. I know brave and Firefox offer this too, but those experiences just aren’t as seamless

I would never want to sync my personal browsing data to my work computer and I wouldn't want to give my work an excuse to look at my personal computer by syncing my work data to my personal computer.

Re: Google moderates Google Collections items

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Post by TylerE »

CoolGuySteve wrote: post #5
justin101 wrote: post #4

I am as horrified as you probably are, but Google is quite possibly not allowed (by law) to share certain links. Even if technically allowed, their lawyers would likely not let them participate or facilitate sharing links to sites that would be deemed "facilitating illegal activity". People are starting to learn why all their s*t should not be up in the cloud.

This isn't sharing, these bookmarks are private to the user in question.

It is for sharing. This is their shared/public bookmark collections, not browser bookmarks.

Re: Google moderates Google Collections items

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Post by rossjudson »

pvg wrote: post #6

This is about Google Collections (a sort Pinterest built into recent Android and potentially sharable) not your Chrome browser bookmarks which are private. Of course, e2e encryption is also optionally available for much of browser sync content, bookmarks included - if you're extra paranoid, turn that on. https://www.google.com/collections

Let's count the number of people who echo in with "Google Bad", and "OMG I can't believe Google is doing that", etc.

It never ceases to amaze me that people will read any randomly written headline on the internet and just assume that it's true, particularly when confirmation bias is present.

edit: The headline here used to be "Google moderates bookmarks", with the implication being that private bookmarks saved to your profile are moderated by Google.

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