But, hey, I might be wrong and the #W3C now fully believes in its new ethical web principles. In which case, they will no doubt take action and expel members that only exist because their business model relies on violating them.

#Google is fundamentally incompatible with the W3C’s ethical web principles and should be expelled from the W3C as it relies on violating section 2.5 (The web must…respect people’s privacy).

Also, §2.2 (The web should not cause harm to society).

Ditto #Facebook, etc.

The American Dialect Society has announced that its 2023 Word of the Year is "Entshittification". 💩

The decline in quality of service and content from #google and #amazon is plain to see, but this doesn't need to be the future of the internet. 🤖

You can help make the web a better place by choosing free and open source alternatives to #BigTech! ✊
👉 tuta.com/open-source

#Google has a revenue of $162bln and 1.8bln regular users. If we divide these numbers, the value of the services people use giving away their #privacy is $7.5/mo.

But you can have all these services for free (or very small monthly fees) in a privacy-respecting environment: #encrypted email from @protonmail or @Tutanota, online office suite from @cryptpad or @ViOffice, cloud storage Proton or ViOffice, #openstreetmap for maps, #duckduckgo, or @StartpageSearch for search. As simple as that! 😀

»Epic-Urteil – Googles Play Store ist ein illegales Appstore-Monopol:
Nach der Niederlage gegen Apple hat Epic Games nun einen Sieg errungen: Eine Jury sieht Googles wettbewerbswiedriges Verhalten als bewiesen an«

Sicherlich mMn ein guter Entscheid, obwohl #Epic wie #Google ein monopolistischen #Unternehmen ist. Klar ist deren Kerngeschäft ein klein diferent aber doch beide #Monopolist'en. Ich nutze zufrieden @fdroidorg für #OpenSource #Android Tools zu installieren.

💾 golem.de/news/epic-urteil-goog…

🥊 Showdown: Epic Games vs. Google 🥊

Epic Games won. 💪

This is a huge win for any Google competitor - so almost any tech company! 🍾

➡️ arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/12…

Here's also some info on how the Google Search Monopoly harms competition - including some nice search alternatives: tuta.com/blog/google-search-mo…

Go private now! 😎

#TechNews #Tech #EpicGames #Epic #Google #GooglePlay #EpicVsGoogle #Fortnite

Big Brother is watching you - now also via Google's & Apple's push. 🤬

That's why we don't use Google Push. When using Tuta, Google sees nothing! 💪

✅ Zero tracking
✅ Fully encrypted
✅ Maximum privacy

The data they don't get, they can't hand out to authorities! Go secure now: tuta.com/create-email-account?…

Here's more info on why we don't use Google Push and do not send any info via Apple notifications: tuta.com/blog/open-source-emai…
#security #privacy #google #apple #notifications #surveillance #tracking

I've long believed that all apps (at least on Android) should start supporting UnifiedPush[1]. Tools like ntfy could serve as a central hub for notification distribution, allowing anyone to have their own notification server to connect apps and mobile devices. This would ensure greater privacy.
This is also why I developed NotiMail: we shouldn't have to rely on the 'big players' for our notifications and data.

[1] unifiedpush.org/

#UnifiedPush #AndroidApps #PrivacyMatters #NotiMail #Google #Apple #Android #iOS

🚨Warnings from Sen. Ron Wyden reveal that governments around the world are #spying on #Google and #Apple push notifications. 🕵

Tuta introduced our own custom push notification system for #Android devices which are fully encrypted and #surveillance resistant. We include minimal information in #iOS push notifications to counter this threat.🔒

Surveillance requests should be transparently disclosed by Apple and Google, not silenced by a gag-order! 🤐

👉 tuta.com/blog/open-source-emai…

Interessanter Beitrag von netzpolitik.org. So etwas in der Richtung hatte ich bereits geahnt - und ist einer der Gründe, weshalb mein Gerät googlefrei ist. Aber lest selbst. 👇

"Push-Dienste: Behörden fragen Apple und Google nach Nutzern von Messenger-Apps"

netzpolitik.org/2023/push-dien…

#google #apple #surveillance #tracking

Push-Dienste: Behörden fragen Apple und Google nach Nutzern von Messenger-Apps – netzpolitik.org

Smartphone-Apps verschicken Benachrichtigungen über Apple und Google, auch vermeintlich sichere Messenger. Damit können Behörden Nutzer-Daten bei Smartphone-Firmen abfragen. Bis jetzt verweigern alle Beteiligten Auskunft darüber.

^{netzpolitik.org}

Could you tell more about

The video player has been upgraded to Google Jetpack Media3; video compatibility should be improved, and you can now adjust playback speed. PR#3857

... what was it before?

#Google software... 😑

⏰ Wake-Up Call! ⏰

This Friday, #Google starts mass deleting old #Gmail accounts, but will they also recycle unused email addresses❓

Find out how to stop this:
tuta.com/blog/google-deletes-i… 💪

Yet, most people are not worried about their unused Gmail being deleted, but annoyed by receiving too many emails. Plus Google is constantly increasing the amount of annoying ads.

If you are one of many ready to leave Google, you can start looking for a private Gmail alternative!
👉 tuta.com/gmail-alternative

Google Chrome will make it much harder for ad blockers. 😤

This is the final drop, it needed to make everyone switch to a more private solution! 🥳🔒

Check our recommendations! 👇
tuta.com/blog/best-private-bro…

#privacy #encryption #chrome #google #deGoogle #browsers

Why Bother With uBlock Origin Being Blocked In Chrome? Now Is The Best Time To Switch To Firefox

Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs.

^Tutanota

#Google pays 1150 times its entire #lobbying budget in the EU & US to fund its search engine #monopoly.😳

And if that wasn't bad enough, now they're accused of slowing down #YouTube on non-Chrome Browsers like #Firefox! 🤬

Does Google know any shame? Apparently not. 🤡 tuta.com/blog/google-search-mo…

Google announced that starting in June 2024, ad blockers such as uBlock Origin #uBO will be disabled in Chrome 127 and later with the rollout of Manifest V3 (#Mv3).

The new #Chrome manifest will prevent using custom filters and stops on demand updates of blocklist. Only #Google authorized updates to browser extension will be allowed in the future, which mean an automatic win for Google in their battle to stop YouTube #AdBlockers .

#ManifestV3 is deceitful and threatening to your privacy, and now is a good time to switch to #Firefox (@mozilla) and/or #TorBrowser (@torproject) if you haven't done so already!

EFF (@eff) on Google’s Manifest V3:

⚠️⁠eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chro…
⚠️⁠eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/goog…

Chrome Manifest V3 Transition Timeline (2023-11-16)

🚩⁠developer.chrome.com/blog/resu…

EDIT for clarification: MV3 in Chrome will still allow some ad blocking extensions, but will severely limit their blocking ability and even restricts pre-set filters to 50 MAX.

Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 - Chrome for Developers

Build the next generation of web experiences.

^{Chrome for Developers}

Remember kids, there's a pernicious reason why #Google redirects "maps.google.com" to "google.com/maps".

Because of this redirect, the location permission that you grant to Google Maps also automatically becomes available to Google Search - making your search queries more valuable to advertisers.

#privacy

Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

^{Google Maps}

Google is taking pay-to-play to the next level. Recent court testimony shows that Google paid $21 Billion USD to remain the Internet's dominant search engine. 😱

💪 Fight back against Big Tech's monopoly by switching to a more private search engine today! 👇
tutanota.com/blog/google-searc…

#privacy #encryption #google #monopoly #bigtech

Google Pays $21 Billion for Search Monopoly: How "Free" Tech Markets Repress Free Speech and Hurt All of US

Your data is worth billions, time to take it back and break the Google monopoly on search!

^Tutanota

@jakob 🇦🇹 ✅

Eben. Chrom(ium) ist die Pest in Sachen #Datenschutz. Voll die Datenschleuder - wie alles von #Google 🤦

@alfredb

This is the latest #youtube "innovation". #Google with a market cap of $1.7 trillion and $120 billion cash on hand, "needs" to charge for ads on YouTube.

This is, of course, not true. They have more than enough revenue to run YouTube without ads in perpetuity, but they want to please shareholders. The #Peertube community is showing how you can distribute the costs of hosting content as well. If you don't support Google's continued monetization of monopolized video...vote with your feet.

#tech

Some new #accessibility features from #Google. I am especially excited about “Lens in Maps”, currently only on iOS. I think you should be too! :) But you gotta try it out first!

blog.google/outreach-initiativ…

8 ways we’re making daily tasks more accessible

Today, we’re launching new products and features aimed at making daily tasks more accessible for people with disabilities.

^{Eve Andersson (Google)}

#XMPP + #Google Summer of Code 2023

Yesterday our #GSoC Organisation Administrator Edward presented the work of our contributors hrxi on @dino and ISD on #Moxxy (@PapaTutuWawa) at the Google #Mentor #Summit 2023!

xmpp.org/2023/10/the-xmpp-news…

#GSoC2023 #interoperability #standards
#federation #jabber #chat

XMPP + Google Summer of Code 2023

Our #GSoC Organisation Administrator Edward is currently participating at the Google #Mentor #Summit 2023 with many other bright minds as well!

#XMPP #GSoC2023 #Google #interoperability #standards #federation #jabber

Taken from #Google's updated "privacy" policy.
I mean, I find it ironic because there doesn't seem to be any #privacy to speak of here 😆

I know this is no laughing matter, but I am at the "oh what the hell can I do so might as well laugh about it" stage 🤣

#WritingCommunity #Data #AI

Google's updated privacy policy states it can use public data to train its AI

Link: engadget.com/googles-updated-p…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…

#google

#XMPP. Chrome's Blink. ActiveX. The <font> tag. Even the file types your spreadsheet software uses. These are examples of open protocols (or parts of) that were taken over by a tech giant.

Because it doesn't matter how open the protocol is, if one player simply outshines the rest.

When #Google implemented XMPP into Google Talk, they slowly pulled things their way. Different implementations, protocol changes, etc. Others had no choice but to follow, or lose the biggest share of users.

3/🧵

1. PRISM

A program under which the NSA collects internet communications from various US companies such as #Google #facebook #twitter under the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to turn over any data that match court-approved search terms.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM

2/4 🧵

On Monday morning we (Mozilla) detected a very large crash spike affecting #Firefox users on Linux, specifically on an older version of a Debian-based distribution.

It turned out to be an interesting bug involving the #Linux kernel and #Google JavaScript code so let me tell you about it.

A thread 🧵

bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.… 1/6

Google wants to track you - no matter what. Now it is threatening to take down Invidious, a popular platform on which you can watch YouTube videos without being tracked!

tutanota.com/blog/google-youtu…

#google #business #data #legal #privacy #opensource #foss

Google threatens to Kill Open Source YouTube Front-end Invidious for Letting You Watch Videos without Tracking or Ads

Invidious is well known as a privacy-first platform to watch YouTube videos without ads or tracking. Now Google wants it to shut down.

^Tutanota

Hey, can you give an overview of this library scanner of yours? Is it available anywhere? Looks really useful!

#android #apps #google #googleplay

We've been told Google Play transparently shows what data is collected etc, right? And whether an app has Ads? Well, dream on. I've just checked an app to see if it would fit my repo. Below is what Play (play.google.com/store/apps/det…) says about it (no "Ads" marker), then the results from my library scanner.

Careful what you believe and whom you trust.

#Android #apps #Google #GooglePlay

#android #developer #reminder

You don't need to download the #android #sdk #binaries from #google .

You can compile the #sdk by yourself from the source code to write #android #apps.

Check this repository at #codeberg , it will do the job for you.

All you need are the scripts from this #repo , 32 GB #ram , approx. 300 GB free disk space and some patience.

Then, you can start coding for #android without the proprietary #sdk binaries from #google!

codeberg.org/Starfish/SDK-Rebu…

SDK-Rebuilds

^Codeberg.org

Nice overview.

If you still use your phone with an US data collector (e.g. #Alphabet / #Google, #Apple), you really may want to watch this video...

BREAKING: #Google to start deleting unused #email accounts so other people can use them.

🤔 What could possibly go wrong?

🤦‍♂️ Techbros are (still) idiots.

#Gmail #privacy #infosec

blog.google/technology/safety-…

Updating our inactive account policies

Starting later this year, we are updating our inactivity policy for Google Accounts to 2 years across our products.

^{Ruth Kricheli (Google)}