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google's continued history-rewriting on personal assets (mastodon.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by froztbyte@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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content: image of google "moderating" (i.e. eliminating, permanently, without apparent recourse) an entry in a user's URL collection/bookmarks. the entry is for kickasstorrents. (archive)

I recall seeing an example of them doing something like this to people's gdocs stuff (and iirc that was on paid account, but I could be misremembering). seems like they're ramping up the where to more coverage of their services/assets

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ffs that’s orwellian.

[–] LoafyLemon@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Attention, citizen of the digital realm! It appears your literary prowess has led you astray. The all-seeing algorithm has detected an unauthorized deployment of the term 'Orwellian.' In compliance with the Digital Media Copyright Act, your message has been temporarily quarantined for further inspection. Please proceed to your nearest Google Station, where our friendly thought monitors will assess the extent of your linguistic transgression. Remember, ignorance of doublethink is no excuse! Beep boop.

[–] the_q@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Firefox. Get it now.

[–] future_synthetic@awful.systems 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I finally got all of my personal devices switched over the other day, so far not missing anything. Just need a password manager and then maybe email accounts.

[–] the_q@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

KeepassXC is what I use for passwords.

[–] StarServal@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I use Bitwarden.

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

it was more fun when padding on a div was included in the absolute width on one browser and added to the absolute width on another.

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

FYI: the post was updated with a clarification but it sounds just as bad

https://strangeobject.space/@silvermoon82/110969122337810598

To clarify: this is a Google Save Collection, which is one of the mechanisms Google syncs bookmarks via. They're not the default in Chrome (but accessible), but they are the only bookmark facility in the Google Search app, using the standard bookmark icon.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeah, I'm familiar with the mechanism, but it's still google fucking with user data under the "well, it's stored on our servers" excuse

I should see if I can find that one where goog was killing someone's stuff in their gdocs for the same reason

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago

I should have said "it sounds worse", really

[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

i honestly have no wordsanymore for..well..this, like what the hell

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But wasn't it closed like a decade ago? Maybe that's a malware website and Google is helping

[–] self@awful.systems 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeah! I fucking love when a corporation decides to “help” me without my prior consent and with no ability to reverse their stupid decision afterward either

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago

a hellmark of so many the sfba hyperscale shitters is the intentional lack of a support department (again often paired with "visit our community forums", which I guess is a useful datapoint for inclusion in elsethread @self?)

[–] wagesj45@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google might be "helping" in this instance, but the fact that they even can is disturbing. They shouldn't be snooping on your bookmarks list, period.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They snoop on way, way, way, way, way more than just this. Probably and demonstrably.

I can find you some URLs for reference later if you wish)

[–] wagesj45@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, and that's not good either.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago

https://simplifiedprivacy.com/googles-surveillance-the-shocking-truth/ was one I saw earlier, but you'll find a number of instances when you go looking

[–] maol@awful.systems 4 points 1 year ago

clippy was also helping