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Just got registered with a local GP in Ireland¹ and their first email states that all their staff are “formally trained in GDPR procedures and any information you give will be used in the strictest confidence.”
Their email address is @gmail.com
🤦♂️
¹ This, in and of itself, is a bloody miracle these days, apparently, and only happened because it’s a new practice that’s just opening up.
#ireland #gp #doctors #gdpr #gmail #google #surveillanceCapitalism #peopleFarming
It's 2024 and #Google is now requiring bulk #email senders to use DMARC, SPF, & DKIM when emailing #Gmail users. 👍
👉 https://tuta.com/blog/google-introducing-new-security-requirements
This is a great step, BUT why did they allow bulk senders to send #spam emails without proper #security standards until now? 🤔
Google introduces new security requirements for bulk email senders - but should have done so years ago.
Google and Yahoo! will require the use of DMARC, SPF, and DKIM in an attempt to crackdown on spam and phishing. It is surprising that these features were not already a requirement.Tutanota
Android Accessibility: A Blueprint for Google in Spring 2024 and Beyond, in 10 Items - Accessible Android
-- Poem written by GPT-4 and Microsoft Copilot.Amir (Accessible Android)
My current half a year lasting experience on centralized #google drive service:
Ready to be freaked out? 😲
Here's everything #Google knows about you: https://tuta.com/blog/what-does-google-know-about-me
Good news: We also explain how to stop big G from tracking you. Go #private! 💪😎
Everything Google knows about you and how to stop it!
Ever thought ‘What does Google know about me?’ the short answer – A LOT. But you can stop them from collecting more, here’s how!Tutanota
“I’m a Google Cloud software engineer, and I refuse to build technology that powers genocide [and] apartheid”
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/google-protest-israel/
Watch the others in the room. The assholes who jeer and manhandle the protestors. These are your peers in the tech industry. These are the “acceptable folks” in tech. Fuck these people.
Look at their faces. They know exactly what they’re complict in. Look at their smug smiles. Dickheads each one.
#tech #google #ai #ProjectNimbus #israel #genocide #palestine
Google Protest At Tech Conference Over Israel Contracts
Google engineers protested Google at an Israel tech conference in New York before being thrown out by security.Marlon Ettinger (The Daily Dot)
Anyone else having trouble updating the @IzzyOnDroid #IzzyOnDroid repository ?
#fdroid #droidify #android #appstore #google #grapheneos #repository
Brave Search is the only free private search engine that can challenge Google when it comes to search results.Brave has its own index that doesn't depend on Google or Microsoft Bing.
#XSF Announcement
We are a Google Summer of Code 2024 umbrella organization!
Project idea 7 of 7:
@prav App - Standards compliant #SMS #OTP based #authentication
https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Gsoc2024/Prav.app/Standards_compliant_SMS_OTP_based_authentication
#XMPP #jabber #chat #GSoC2024 #GSOC #Google
#interoperability #standards #android #java
#XSF Announcement
We are a Google Summer of Code 2024 umbrella organization!
Find our participating projects here: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Google_Summer_of_Code_2024#Project_Ideas
#XMPP #jabber #chat #GSoC2024 #GSOC #Google #interoperability #standards
* Facebook has AI.
* Google has AI.
* Microsoft has AI.
* Reddit has AI.
* Tumblr has AI.
* WordPress services on their DOT Com has AI.
In 2024, you must assume, any service you cannot download and install yourself, will have AI and will use whatever you write to train an AI.
Yep, cool feature! Try it out when you get it! #accessibility #andorid #ios #google https://androiddev.social/@MishaalRahman/111996735554779021
Today’s find: An amazing listing of existing search engines: those using #Google & Bing’s indexes & many more.
“The 3 dominant English search engines with their own indexes are Google, Bing, & Yandex (GBY). Many alternatives to GBY exist, but almost none of them have their own results; instead, they just source their results from GBY.
“With that in mind, I decided to test & catalog all the different indexing search engines I could find.”
https://seirdy.one/posts/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes/?ref=404media.co
h/t https://www.404media.co/this-guy-is-building-an-open-source-search-engine-in-real-time/
This Guy Has Built an Open Source Search Engine as an Alternative to Google in His Spare Time
"I found it very weird that there essentially is no way to browse the web in an open manner. So that's what I am trying to build," the founder of Stract said.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
Eine traurige Wahrheit: Bei der Analyse/Überprüfung des Datenverkehrs einer App, lautet die Frage nicht, ob man Datenschutzverstöße findet, sondern wie viele und wie schwerwiegend diese sind. Davon ausgenommen sind Apps aus dem F-Droid-Store. 🧙♂️
#app #datenschutz #android #ios #google #apple #mobil #privacy
Gemini 1.5: Our next-generation model, now available for Private Preview in Google AI Studio - Google for Developers
Developers have been building with Gemini, and we’re excited to turn cutting edge research into early developer products in Google AI Studio. Read more.developers.googleblog.com
That's really ridiculous. #Google decided to remove the #xmpp client #Conversations because they think it uploads contact data.
Beside the fact that it doesn't upload any contact data, there are many mainstream messengers which exactly do this, all available on #gplay.
Additionally it seems to be extremly hard or even impossible to get in contact with someone who can explain the decision and revert it.
Such gatekeepers are extremly harmful.
1. Google seems to be fixing the Send button not appearing for TalkBack users. It seems to be server-side as some TalkBack users do have the Send buttons and some don't.
2. While the app itself is available only on the US Play Store, its global rollout has started and, via side-loading, people can use it in many countries.
#Accessibility #Android #TalkBack #Gemini #Google #Assistant
#Conversations_im, die weit verbreitete #XMPP App, wurde aus dem #GooglePlaystore entfernt. Begründung: Conversations würde die Kontaktlisten der Nutzenden hochladen. Das ist natürlich nicht der Fall.
Und jetzt gehen wir mal alle in uns und denken über #WhatsApp und co. nach.
#Google ist einfach nur ein Scheißverein.
Quelle: @daniel 🔗https://gultsch.social/@daniel/111929074071688694
Zoom Layoffs Target DEI Amid a Broader Pullback on Diversity Initiatives 🙁
"Zoom is following in the footsteps of Google, Meta, and other corporate giants that have used layoffs to cut back on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs."
There are TLS servers that don't send the required close_notify alert message in certain conditions. #Google web servers do this if they think the that recipient isn't interested about the message body and no connection keep alive is set. Examples of such connections would be requests that end up with 0 byte message body while:
• HTTP/1.0 without "Connection: keep-alive" header or
• HTTP/1.1 with "Connection: close" header
This can cause some complications since #OpenSSL 3 defaults to erroring out if the close_notify is missing.
SSL_OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF option was added to enable talking to these non-compliant servers. Enabling this option removes truncation attack protection - so this option should really only be used when absolutely necessary. However, unless if you control the servers being talked to, you probably need to enable this option for now.
So why does Google terminate connections without close_notify? Likely it is done to save some resources when tearing down TLS connections. If you have billions of connections going on all the time, even some small savings add up quickly.
https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/8369
OpenSSL 3: Support of SSL_OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF context option · Issue #8369 · php/php-src
Description OpenSSL became more strict about unexpected EOF (not sending close notify) in 1.1.1e but reverted that change in 1.1.1f due to the huge amount of non-compliant servers. With the new maj...GitHub
Sorry Google, but Geo-Restricting TalkBack's Beta Testing Is Not the Right Decision - Accessible Android
In 2013, when TalkBack was still a very basic screen reader, there was a dedicated page for beta releases. Another page allowed users to report issues andKareen Kiwan (Accessible Android)
Hell, yes. This is nothing but good news.
I've been using Unified Push + Element + Fedilab via Nextcloud and NextPush and it's been remarkably simple and reliable while keeping all that sweet, sweet metadata out of the Goog's hungry clutches. Thank you!
Can't wait for Yunohost to support sliding sync so I can shift to ElementX.
#UnifiedPush #Privacy #FOSS #Element #ElementX #Yunohost #Fedilab #Nextcloud #NextPush #Google #Android
The Trials and Tribulations of Setting Up Android Phones for Non-English Speakers in 2024: Google and
Question: how do you set up an Android phone if you're blind and cannot speak English in 2024? first option: ask someone to lend their sight and give themEditorial Staff (Accessible Android)
#Google is turning #GMail from an Email provider into a website.
No more access via standard email protocols such as #IMAP and #POP
The final stage of #enshittification . Locking the users in.
I wonder how they want to get rid of SMTP as stated in the support posting.
I guess this means outgoing SMTP to forward mail to a real email server.
I guess without relaying I won't ever receive any notifications Google services send to me again as I don't use the Gmail website.
I host my own Email server for many years, thank you.
Timeline for transition
Summer of 2024:
If you (or your users) try to connect to a less secure app for the first time, you will not be able to. This restriction includes third-party apps that still use basic authentication, such as CalDAV, CardDAV, IMAP, SMTP, and POP, to access Gmail, Google Calendar, and Contacts. If you’re not trying to connect for the first time, you will be able to continue using the apps until they’re turned off.
In the Google Admin console, you will not be able to access the turn on and off setting for less secure apps.
Users will not be able to turn IMAP on or off in their Gmail settings.
https://support.google.com/a/answer/14114704?hl=en&sjid=8073259250606890309-EU
Who would have thought that incognito does not mean incognito after all?
#Google admits incognito mode in #Chrome isn’t so incognito after all
https://phandroid.com/2024/01/17/google-admits-incognito-mode-in-chrome-isnt-so-incognito-after-all/
Google admits incognito mode in Chrome isn’t so incognito after all
Following a class-action lawsuit, Google Chrome incognito mode now admits that some data is still being collected.Tyler Lee (Phandroid)
Oof. Wie Heise berichtet, löscht #Google aus dem Playstore installierte GEKAUFTE Apps von Smartphones – zum Beispiel wenn diese aus dem Playstore entfernt wurden. Auch andere Apps wie z.B. den Google Kalender, wenn eine neuere Version eine neuere #Android Version benötigt als das eigene Gerät installiert hat. Natürlich nur zu Eurer Sicherheit…
Da bin ich echt froh, dass meine Geräte "entgoogelt" sind.
Bericht: Google löscht im Play Store gekaufte Apps von Smartphones
Google löscht im Play Store gekaufte Apps von Geräten, wie aus einem Bericht von Googlewatchblog hervorgeht.Marie-Claire Koch (heise online)
Hello everyone. Hope all is well. Question… are there other ways of accessing Google Drive and its features on Windows besides using the website? It’s really cool, but just wondering if there’s other options out there. Same with Dropbox? I’m using NVDA as my screen reader.
#blind #google #accessibility #visuallyimpaired #accessible #screenreader #nvda
#XSF Announcement
We'll apply to Google Summer of Code 2024 as umbrella organization!
If you are interested please reach out via gsoc@muc.xmpp.org or https://mail.jabber.org/postorius/lists/gsoc.xmpp.org/
#XMPP #jabber #chat #GSoC2024 #GSOC #Google #interoperability #standards
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! ✊
👉 https://tuta.com/open-source
Open Source - Why is it important?
Open source is key to doing security right. Only with open source, you can be sure that the software you use does what it says it does.Tutanota
#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! 😀