I post this just to show how I wanted to reply to the last post in the conversation from the screenshot, but I couldn't because @Azarilh blocked me.
“I admit this
If this would happen (which I really hope will not) I will stay with #VivaldiBrowser for as much as it would be able to survive, and then move to a #GeckoBrowserEngine-based #browser.
After all, #Chromium doesn't invade my #privacy, as #Bing, #Google, #Yahoo etc. do.”
Am I wrong?
The street that my mum lives in is a one-way street, but wasn't marked as such on #Google Maps. This caused many drivers to drive the wrong way. I have tried to edit it on Google Maps (there is such functionality), but to no avail. No matter how often I submitted a change (with photos of street signs!), Google said "Sorry, we could not verify it".
Solution: Edit the street on #OpenStreetMap! A few months after I did this, Google seems to have stolen the data, as it regularly does, and now the street is correct in both datasets!
That time “AI” translation almost caused a fight between a doctor and my parents
What if you want to find out more about the PS/2 Model 280? You head out to Google, type it in as a query, and realise the little "AI" summary that's above the fold is clearly wrong. Then you run the same query again, multiple times, and notice that each time, the "AI" overvi
What I see:
"Denmark Set to Replace #Microsoft Software with Open Source Alternatives
Denmark's Digital Ministry is replacing Microsoft services with LibreOffice and Linux."
What I read:
"Denmark is excluding screen reader users from opportunities to get a job at their public institutions".
to those who are happy about the #OpenSource move: you should never forget that there are lots of users, already vulnerable in our society, whose chance to get a decent job drastically lowers from already being quite low to asymptotically nearing zero.
I wonder however, what happens on June 28th this year when #EAA (European #Accessibility act) enters in vigor.
How would those who ditch #Microsoft and #Google products so hastily adhere to this law? Or will they just do as if accessibility legislation was not a thing?
This is a VERY BAD mistake for #Google to make: AI Overviews hallucinates that Airbus, not Boeing, involved in fatal Air India
crash
Sometimes it says Airbus. Sometimes it says Boeing. Sometimes it seems to say BOTH. Google #AI Overviews are GARBAGE. -L
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/goo…
Google’s disclaimer says AI “may include mistakes,” which is an understatement.Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)
Heute 👇
#Digitalcourage, OG #München:
F-Droid und datenschutzfreundliche Apps
» In diesem Workshop zeigen wir Möglichkeiten, die Datensammlung auf #Android-#Smartphone|s einzuschränken. Neben allgemeinen Tipps (Abschalten der #Google Werbe-ID, Verwendung einer alternativen #Suchmaschine, Werbung über DNS- und/oder Firewall-Einstellungen reduzieren, …) wollen wir vor allem den #App-Store #FDroid vorstellen und uns über die dortigen Apps austauschen.
Montag, 26.05.2025
19:00 bis 21:00 Uhr
Jugendinformationszentrum (#JIZ)
Sendlinger Str. 7 (Innenhof)
80331 München
digitalcourage.de/treffen-vor-…
Anmeldung erwünscht: ortsgruppe@muenchen.digitalcourage.de
Gerät mitbringen!
F-Droid möglichst vorinstallieren (digitalcourage.de/digitale-sel…)
#datenschutz #digitaleselbstverteidigung #opensource #foss
Alles über den alternativen App-Store für Android und empfehlenswerte Appsdigitalcourage.de
Request to Google on accessibility
“I’m asking this massive company to stop releasing features & products & ideas that are obvious barriers.
And I want them to stop expecting free labor from the community.
It’s tiring, frustrating, and disrespectful.”
adrianroselli.com/2025/05/my-r…
#a11y #accessibility #web #Google #GoogleIsEvil
Hey, Alphabet or Google or Chrome or whomever in that illegal monopoly continues to release things to the web platform that are full of accessibility barriers, I have what I think is a straightforward request.Adrian Roselli
Turn complexity into clarity with NotebookLM, your brain’s new best friend. Join the millions of students, creators, researchers, professionals, CEOs, and more who are saving time, getting stuff done, and learning in new ways.App Store
Discover why Nextcloud file uploads for Android app are not working properly, and how Google’s app store rules are hurting Nextcloud users.Christoph Weissthaner (Nextcloud)
GNOME Welcomes Its Google Summer of Code 2025 Contributors!
We are happy to announce that five contributors are joining the GNOME community as part of GSoC 2025!
This year’s contributors will work on backend isolation in GNOME Papers, adding eBPF profiling to Sysprof, adding printing support in GNOME Crosswords, and Vala’s XML/JSON/YAML integration improvements. Let’s give them a warm welcome!
In the coming days, our new contributors will begin onboarding in our community channels and services. Stay tuned to Planet GNOME to read their introduction blog posts and learn more about their projects.
If you want to learn more about Google Summer of Code internships with GNOME, visit gsoc.gnome.org.
Google and Facebook are two prime examples in tech where the advertiser pays for the service. In return, these services are offered for "free" to the users.Tuta
Song Maker, an experiment in Chrome Music Lab, is a simple way for anyone to make and share a song.musiclab.chromeexperiments.com
Viewpoint is a Windows program that uses Gemini AI to make user interfaces that aren't accessible, pretty accessible! I was able to navigate the PPSSPP interface with it pretty well! So yeah, it's starting to happen, the use of AI for more than just image descriptions.
Ah! I am horrified by how much data Google collects! 😱🤮
Just checked it in my Google account and 𝗶𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁!
This is an amazing @Tutanota article about the hungry Google monster. Also, very good links inserted!
tuta.com/blog/what-does-google…
#Google #techgiant #GoogleAI #privacy #privacyMatters #PrivacySettings #tuta #Tutanota
Ever thought ‘What does Google know about me?' the short answer – A LOT. But you can stop them from collecting more, here's how!Tuta
🚨 Google now displays #Ads in third-party AI 🚨 Just when you thought #Google ads couldn't get more annoying, it did 😅
Learn how to s top the ads here 👉 tuta.com/blog/block-gmail-ads
How to block ads in Gmail is getting more complex as new Gmail advertisement is more intrusive than ever, in your mailbox, in your Gmail app, everywhere. But we've got a solution!Tuta
Ever wondered how much #Google knows about you? 👀
Spoiler: It's more than you think. Learn how to take back your privacy and stop the tracking
👉 tuta.com/blog/what-does-google…
Ever thought ‘What does Google know about me?' the short answer – A LOT. But you can stop them from collecting more, here's how!Tuta
🚨 Google’s dominance on search is declining – for the first time ever! 🥳
1 in 10 people actively choose NOT to use #Google. What's your favorite search engine?
Read more: 👉 tuta.com/blog/google-search-do…
Google’s market share on search is below 90% - a sign that its dominance is ending?Tuta
We ❤️ #opensource - as much as we dislike #Google
Break free from Big Tech tracking, go secure! 💪 🔒
👉 tuta.com/blog/open-source-emai…
#foss #fdroid #android #email #calendar
We're here to stop surveillance by corporations like Google and Apple. That's why we replaced Google's FCM with our own notification system and keep Apple Notification Data at a minimum. Learn here why this is important.Tuta
Sometimes the internet is really funny - or scary.
The Chrome browser is one example.
While you believe you are browsing the web, Google is browsing you instead.
👉 Check out Leah Elliott's comic on how Google's tracking works: contrachrome.com/comic/page01/
👉 And check how to stop this tracking: tuta.com/blog/what-does-google…
Ever thought ‘What does Google know about me?' the short answer – A LOT. But you can stop them from collecting more, here's how!Tuta
🚨 Let's break up the #Google monopoly
Now is the time to choose a #private browser because Google must sell #Chrome 🥳
👉 Check the story: tuta.com/blog/google-must-sell…
The DOJ's antitrust decision to break up Google's monopoly is a critical win for a better and fairer Internet for all.Tuta
There’s something very depressingly emblematic that Chrome Dev Tools’ annoying “Ask AI” sprinkles everywhere include one that pops up and *covers* the Accessibility Tree toggle.
#google #chrome #ai #accessibility
"Google refuses to deny it received encryption order from UK government"
The UK’s encryption-breaking order for a backdoor into iCloud isn’t a one-off.
The secret hearing happening RIGHT NOW is bigger than just Apple. If the government wins, our right to privacy and security falls.
Other services will be hit.
therecord.media/google-refuses…
Sign our petition ➡️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions…
#e2ee #encryption #apple #google #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpol #ukpolitics #tech
U.S. lawmakers say Google has refused to deny that it received a Technical Capability Notice from the U.K. — a mechanism to access encrypted messages that Apple reportedly received.therecord.media
I really like the backup function in #GrapheneOS based on #Seedvault. I know it doesn't work 100%, some apps don't support it etc. But in my case >90% of apps get backed up and restored.
This is what all Androids should have. I understand #Google doesn't want to do it because for them #Android is just a gateway to their services and when you have all your data in their cloud, you don't need such backups. But other Android vendors should have it.
Nutzt ihr Antivirus-Apps auf eurem Android? Spart euch den unnötigen Ballast – sie bieten nur trügerische Sicherheit und sind oft voller Tracker. 👇
kuketz-blog.de/truegerische-si…
#android #security #google #tracking #virus #antivirus #app
Die Sicherheitsarchitektur von Android/iOS schränkt die Funktionsweise von Virenscanner-Apps stark ein und macht sie im Grunde nutzlos. Schlimmer: Die vermeintlichen Sicherheits-Apps sind Datenschleudern.www.kuketz-blog.de
DOJ: Google must sell Chrome, Android could be next
arstechnica.com/google/2025/03…
#google #chrome #googlechrome #chromium #android
Google says government proposals would “harm America’s consumers.”…Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)
GrapheneOS: Android pro lehce paranoidní uživatele
Pokud chcete mobilní telefon, který je bezpečný, opravdu respektuje vaše soukromí, zároveň nechcete přijít o populární aplikace, bez kterých už se dnes těžko obejdete, může vám současný trh přijít jako výběr mezi kompromisy. Podíval jsem se tedy na systém, který o sobě tvrdí, že jimi netrpí.
#Android #bezpečnost #Google #GrapheneOS #mobil #Pixel #soukromí
blog.eischmann.cz/2025/03/07/g…
(reakce na tento příspěvek se může zobrazit jako komentář pod článkem)
De-google-ify Internet
Amazing campaign by the French not-for-profit association Framasoft.
The De-google-ify Internet project offers 26 ethical and alternative online tools that may be used by everyone.
They build open source alternatives to many Google services like Youtube, Agenda, Docs, Forms, Maps etc, as well other services to replace Doodle, Facebook Event, Github, Zoom, Slack and much more!
Check their beautiful website, watch the videos to know more about their work and follow them here in Mastodon:
#europe #opensource #europeanalternatives #EUtech #boycott #degoogle #google
Les géants du web centralisent nos vies numériques en échange de leurs services Les communautés du logiciel libre offrent des services alternatifs éthiques Le réseau Framasoft souhaite le démontreren les hébergeantdegooglisons-internet.org
I just published a new #article about the implementation for the new Trusted Time API by #Google - "Trusted Time API Implementation"
#AndroidDev #Android #Medium #Articles #TrustedTimeApi #API
medium.com/@nicosnicolaou/trus…
In this article, we will explore the implementation of the new Trusted Time API by Google. For our example, there are two approaches for implementing this API: with Dependency Injection and without…Nicos Nicolaou (Medium)
First, they shut down the Basic HTML site, forcing many of us to switch to clients such as Thunderbird. Now, they're using qr codes which are not only inaccessible to the blind but also to those who don't use smartphones! This is ridiculous! Yes, they do still have the option to click whether it's you trying to sign in or not (which still requires a smartphone and a carrier, which they claim to be concerned about), but how long before they remove that, too?
pcmag.com/news/google-is-repla…
#accessibility #Android #authentication #blind #Google #GMail #IOS #Narrator #NVDA #sms #Talkback #technology #Voiceover #Windows
#Panoramax - das neue #StreetView!
Vor einigen Jahren wurde #Mapillary an #Meta verkauft. Und auch #Google StreetView möchte vielleicht nicht jeder nutzen.
Mit Panoramax gibt es nun eine #FOSS Alternative. Sie soll dezentral organisiert werden. Dies ist meines Wissens die erste Instanz:
panoramax.openstreetmap.fr
Kleiner Tipp:
Falls man das AdOn #ClearURLs verwendet, kommt man eventuell über die Animation wegen Blockierung von ETags nicht hinaus. Deshalb nutze ich Panoramax als #Firefox-PWA am Desktop.
L'instance Panoramax d'OpenStreetMap France, permet la publication de photos de terrain pour cartographie les territoires.panoramax.openstreetmap.fr
Check out these private browser alternatives:
➡️ tuta.com/blog/best-private-bro…
Which one is your favorite?
When it comes to most secure browsers Firefox is the best alternative to Chrome on our list - and, no, incognito mode doesn't cut it.Tuta
Wir alle hinterlassen online Fingerabdrücke doch Google ist extrem was es sammelt – lest den Artikel:
»Digitaler Fingerabdruck – Google hat eine neue Ära des Trackings eingeleitet, die schlimmer ist als Cookie-Banner:
Da Google Ihnen die Möglichkeit gibt, das Cookie-Tracking abzulehnen, beginnt es stillschweigend, Ihre Online-Gewohnheiten mit Fingerabdrücken zu erfassen.«
– von @Tutanota
🕵️ tuta.com/de/blog/digital-finge…
#google #fingerprinting #privatsphare #datenschutz #daten #spionage #tracking
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
#Google just launched a new era of tracking. Digital #fingerprinting.
❌ No consent
❌ No escape
Here’s why this is a #privacy nightmare much worse than #cookies: 👇
tuta.com/blog/digital-fingerpr…
As Google gives you the choice to opt out of cookie tracking, it silently starts collecting your online habits with fingerprinting.Tuta
