Google saves your location even with Location history turned off

[RejZoR]

You mean...

And it is silicon valley who finally is waking up and realizing they have the ability to abuse control over what people express and read.

That's more correct, isn't it? Censoring and shadowbanning someone just because they have the wrong set of political beliefs is BS and that's exactly what they are doing.

 

[Bill_Bright]

That is just prejudging and stereotyping. Never good!

Once again, this thread is about Google not doing what they said they were doing. How about we stick with the topic.

 

[remixedcat]

You're dreaming. Think of the invasive telemetry baked into Windows 10.

My win 10 tablet, even when it's barely used sends 20-60GB/mo even when I had a month where I only used it 2 times! That's a lot of use on a "metered" connection. I set everything to metered mode and it still consumes that much!!! Too bad it only works with 10 and the company has very little driver support that made it. (Vanquisher brand on amazon).

 

[dorsetknob]

Between the line Reading and meaning
" we will work with you to enable a speedy and orderly transition to a new Provider " = ( we will Blackball you with as many hosting providers as we can)

 

[StrayKAT]

I didn't misinterpret anything. You said "Microsoft" and no where is that relevant to this discussion about Google!

And I am saying your paranoia and conspiracy claims are wrong! And it is your lack of understanding of the problem that is causing you to incorrectly and falsely place the blame.

It is the BADGUYS who are actively using social media to incite crimes, riots, meddling, hate, bullying, terrorism and more. And it is silicon valley who finally is waking up and realizing they have the ability and the responsibility to do something about it.

Read the second line of my signature. Understand what it means.

Those "bad guys" have few listeners... most who were already predisposed or were "bad guys" themselves. Don't lose your composure.. let alone setting precedents in the bigger picture over it (like free speech issues controlled by media and tech corporations). It's more ridiculous than the moral panic of "Reefer Madness". You'll just end up strengthening what is already the making of a technocracy.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Those "bad guys" have few listeners...

What? They don't need many. It only takes a few to spread hate and death. Look at the Charleston protests. Look at how many it took to bring down the World Trade Centers. It is just silly and naive to suggest the numbers don't warrant concern.

https://www.safehome.org/resources/hate-on-social-media/

People who hide anonymously behind social media feel emboldened to say what they want because they cannot be seen.

like free speech issues controlled by media and tech corporations)

Hold on there! You cannot lump the media and tech corporation into the same pile. And you cannot lump all tech corporations together either. Dell, AMD and Intel are giant tech corporations. They cannot be considered anywhere near the threat to personal privacy and security as Facebook or Google are.

Do not be complicit like RejZoR was by prejudging and stereotyping entire groups based on the actions of a few. That is just wrong and such biases are part of the problem.

 

[StrayKAT]

What? They don't need many. It only takes a few to spread hate and death. Look at the Charleston protests. Look at how many it took to bring down the World Trade Centers. It is just silly and naive to suggest the numbers don't warrant concern.

Charleston protests sparked by media hype and fakes. Stop being such a victim of it. The same guy (James Kessler) who started that also tried to rally people again in Unite the Right was once doing the same things for the Left, in the Occupy movement. And the so called "leader" (Richard Spencer) of the Alt-right has pissed off his own followers.. apparently he's banging a lot of their girlfriends and some reporters. In addition to having a history of Asian girlfriends. His movement, minor though it already is, is imploding as we speak.

Then the fool (Alex James Fields) who hit that girl was actually a diagnosed Schizophrenic, in addition to being a stupid racist. Great combo. Just back him into a corner by a mob. Nothing will happen, I swear!

Lastly, they had to manage to get that small amount of people by gathering them ALL around this country. Most weren't even from Charleston or the same state even. That's a handful of dudes from a country of almost 300 million. And even then, they scraped the bottom of the barrel and managed to get a schizophrenic.

But whatever dude. If this still scares you, I can't help.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Charleston protests sparked by media hype and fakes.

Oh? So the white supremacists had nothing to do with it?

You live in a fantasy world. I cannot deal with this ignorance. I am out of here.

Mods. PLEASE close this thread. It has gone WAY WAY beyond Google going back on their word.

 

[StrayKAT]

Oh? So the white supremacists had nothing to do with it?

You live in a fantasy world. I cannot deal with this ignorance. I am out of here.

Mods. PLEASE close this thread. It has gone WAY WAY beyond Google going back on their word.

How do I live in a fantasy world? I'm the minority who's actually experienced racism. What do you have, "Bill Bright"? I bet all you have is politics and abstracts. Tell me all about the plight you've apparently gone through. I grew up as a half-breed Asian and White in the heart of Texas... trying to make sense of these two worlds wasn't always easy.. But I'd be deceiving everyone if I acted like racism was everywhere or that my life is awful. Excuse me for being happy, but that's the simple truth of it.. and why I'm dismissive.

I'm more worried about entities with a lot of power to exercise fear and control - which is the media and these tech companies.

 

[Bill_Bright]

"Bill Bright". That's like the whitest sounding name ever.

Wow! So now you pre-judge someone based on their name? That's just pathetic.

At least I don't hide behind a fake one.

 

[StrayKAT]

Wow! So now you pre-judge someone based on their name? That's just pathetic.

At least I don't hide behind a fake one.

Tell me your story then.. I asked, didn't I? What do you have? Can you at least say that you've had to fight off multiple people before you were even 10 and got called a "rice cooker" (or _insert slur_ here)? You don't have to go full on lynch story. Just something small like that. Tell me all about the ills of racism which I apparently don't know in my fantasy world.

KAT are my initials. Not that fake.

This is getting petty. I actually voted for Hillary, funnily.. but it's people like you why I've walked away. I probably won't vote again. Simply because you wish me to be miserable and some "token victim". But it's you that are victims yourselves. You're scared of things that aren't even in your daily experience. If you weren't so aggressive and self-righteous, I'd simply feel sorry for you.. but as it is, you're just bad company. I'm happier spending time with the birds.

 

[bogmali]

Thread has been derailed, closing it