[ale] Possibly OT; NoScript workalike, Chrome

[DJ-Pfulio]

Don't get me started about people choosing to destroy MY privacy by
choosing to use gmail or google-mail.

Why should I have to give up my privacy just to communicate with you
people?  I want to opt out of all google tracking - including my email
conversations.  Please help me do that.


On 04/28/2017 12:24 PM, Kyle Brieden wrote:
> All very good and interesting points.  I guess, since I run my main
> email domain through google apps, I am entrenched enough that it doesn't
> matter to me.  Also on that note, I don't pay google for damn near
> anything, and I know up front that the "cost" of those services I'm
> getting is the ad revenue they'll generate off me.  I get up in arms
> about Net Neutrality and ISP deep packet inspection/data collection,
> though, because I'm already *paying* my ISP.  There's no need for them
> to make extra revenue off me if they're already literally getting my
> dollar (or hundreds...).
> 
> Sorry to derail the conversation a little bit.  I guess I just hadn't
> thought about it much til it was brought up here.  This is why I'm
> really enjoying this group, though.  More and more every day to
> consider. :)
> 
> ---
> Very respectfully,
> Kyle Brieden
> 
> On 28-04-2017 10:52, Charles Shapiro wrote:
>> And there's this (
>> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/chrome-57-permanently-enabled-drm,33527.html
>>
>> ).
>>
>> Not a Fan.
>>
>> -- CHS
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 10:40 AM, DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 04/28/2017 09:17 AM, Kyle Brieden wrote:
>>>> Wait, why aren't we chrome fans around here?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Allowing the largest online advertiser direct access to your web
>>> browsing just seems ... er ... foolish.  Common sense, if you care
>>> about
>>> privacy at any level.
>>>
>>> Chromium has lots and lots of google-isms inside too. There was an
>>> attempt to fork last year and remove all the google connections.
>>> Haven't
>>> heard much about that effort recently.
>>>
>>> I use Chromium for very specific uses, inside a container with a
>>> file
>>> system overly that never touches the HDD.  firejail --private mode.
>>>
>>> Those are my reasons.  Everyone needs to decide where they stand.
>>> For
>>> many people, there are more important things in their lives than
>>> trying
>>> to avoid google.
>>>