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Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook

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Re: Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

busterarm wrote: post #113
notheguyouthink wrote: post #102

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Previously everything of mine went through Google. Email, phone, phone number, search, etc. I've migrated everything away (except Google Voice) for this very reason. My life would have came to a grinding halt if they banned me, and I couldn't even email them about it.

What was your gmail alternative? I tried to switch everything to Lavabit, but then a month later the Snowden thing happened...that didn't last (and I'm still out all that money)

I bought my own domain and have Zoho host my email. I have not had any hiccups at all. They support exchange, so I get push on my phone, which is nice. I set up my gmail to fwd any straggling emails to my new email.

Re: Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook

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Post by Zetaphor »

busterarm wrote: post #113
notheguyouthink wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Previously everything of mine went through Google. Email, phone, phone number, search, etc. I've migrated everything away (except Google Voice) for this very reason. My life would have came to a grinding halt if they banned me, and I couldn't even email them about it.

What was your gmail alternative? I tried to switch everything to Lavabit, but then a month later the Snowden thing happened...that didn't last (and I'm still out all that money)

I'm going through the same process, and am currently enjoying ProtonMail.

Re: Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook

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Post by victorhooi »

AlexCoventry wrote: post #96
RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #66

I think a major issue is what happens if Google locks your account for some reason. There have been instances in the past where Google has locked the account of a user for some TOS violations. http://m.gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/google-pixel-reseller... http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/1/jordan-b-peters... http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-21/one-statistics-prof... Given that Google has a propensity…

> There have been instances in the past where Google has locked the account of a user This happened to me recently (though I think for security concerns, not TOS violations), and was quite distressing. What steps can be taken to avoid this?

Yes, this is usually the more common story - Google does a lot of things to protect users (from themselves, and from external attack). I suspect a lot of people who get locked out are for fairly pedestrian reasons like password reuse across sites, and they got hijacked. It sucks, but it's better than the alternative (e.g. somebody pilfers all your email and commits identity theft).

Trust me, there are a lot of bad actors out there,

The other poster had it right - 2FA is really the way to go, ideally with something like Google Authenticator or Yubikeys.

If you ever get locked out (e.g. account is suspected as compromised/hijacked), then:

https://accounts.google.com/signin/recovery

is your one-stop shop to prove you're really you.

Re: Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook

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Post by zeveb »

craftyguy wrote: post #75
201709User wrote: post #53

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We are trying to list features, not defects.

I support having options and not being forced into using only products that run a shitty operating system.

That's the problem though: ChromeOS is also a 'shitty operating system'; so too is iOS.

I'd like a tablet like this which just let me run plain old Debian. Sure, the window managers and apps probably don't support touchscreens terribly well right now (certainly StumpWM won't), but … that'll change over time.

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Post by planetjones »

I have no faith left in google as a provider of products. Switzerland is their European hub apparently but they never bothered selling the pixel phone here. Same with the link above. It’s region specific and there’s no mention of the pixelbook. Google obviously feel a country where over 1000s of their employees work is not a priority. Hence why I stick to apple products.

Re: Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook

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Post by emmab »

cobookman wrote: post #51
matthewbauer wrote: post #32

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Do they actually make interns use chromebooks?

yep. However you cannot code locally on your laptop at google. So you end up either using a web based IDE or just using the desktop workstation they give you (locally, ssh, or VNC).

You're free to do work over ssh+tmux+vim. That's what I do.

Re: Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook

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Post by notheguyouthink »

busterarm wrote: post #113
notheguyouthink wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Previously everything of mine went through Google. Email, phone, phone number, search, etc. I've migrated everything away (except Google Voice) for this very reason. My life would have came to a grinding halt if they banned me, and I couldn't even email them about it.

What was your gmail alternative? I tried to switch everything to Lavabit, but then a month later the Snowden thing happened...that didn't last (and I'm still out all that money)

I switched to Fastmail. Note that my main concern was being banned by Google, so security/privacy wasn't my focus. I say that because I believe Fastmail is still in the US[1], which brings up privacy concerns imo.

Recently on HN I saw another email provider that offered fully encrypted email, perhaps end to end, but I've already committed to Fastmail so I didn't follow up with them too much.

I'm happy with Fastmail fwiw, and happily support them.

[1]: https://blog.fastmail.com/2013/10/07/fastmails-servers-are-i...

Re: Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook

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Post by tehwebguy »

victorhooi wrote: post #126
RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #66

I think a major issue is what happens if Google locks your account for some reason. There have been instances in the past where Google has locked the account of a user for some TOS violations. http://m.gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/google-pixel-reseller... http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/1/jordan-b-peters... http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-21/one-statistics-prof... Given that Google has a propensity…

Thanks for bringing that up. However, te truth is often a bit more nuanced (although it doesn't make for as good headlines). Dissecting your three examples. In the first case, (and based on their own statements) those people were buying up phones by the hundreds, shipping them to a single physical address and then scalping over the internet. It's basically fraud. So yes, they probably got picked up by an automated al…

Perhaps there was something specific about that specific instance that made it fraud, but reselling a phone isn't fraud by default.

Not interested in needing to beg a horrible algorithm or become internet famous just to get ahold of a human that might turn my digital life back on.

Re: Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook

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Post by [deleted] »

craftyguy wrote: post #48
napa15 wrote: post #37

I dont know why anyone would buy this unless the pen drawing experience is a lot better than on the Surface Pro and Ipad Pro and you're primarily an artist. The Surface Pro has a real OS with Windows on it, I'm sure somebody will hack the Pixelbook to allow Linux but it will probably have a bunch of stuff removed and unsupported then. It makes zero sense to buy this locked down device for 1k as far as I'm concerned.

Well, for one, it doesn't run windows.

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