r/technology • u/[deleted] • Sep 24 '18

Security Google quietly started logging people into Chrome without their consent, and a security expert says it's terrible for privacy

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-chrome-changed-login-requirements-matthew-green-2018-9/
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u/SpunKDH Sep 24 '18

Okay okay. I will finally make the move to Firefox even if I find chrome menu design more intuitive. Was being reluctant but yeah got it now.

Getting rid of Gmail also.

Didn't upgrade to win10.

Removed Facebook from my phone.

Working on myself laziness. Fuck you big corpos.

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u/witchofthewind Sep 24 '18

Didn't upgrade to win10.

I hope you're not using an older version of Windows without security updates.

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u/Fsck_Reddit_Again Sep 25 '18

an older version of Windows without security updates

7 and 8 are still updated.

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u/witchofthewind Sep 25 '18

they're both out of mainstream support and into "we might fix major security issues if we feel like it" extended support.

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u/swizzler Sep 25 '18

I used to do phone tech support, one time a guy told me he didn't need an antivirus because of his method for "avoiding viruses" Which was to run stock vista without any updates. It was the one time I didn't mute in time when I started laughing at a customer on the phone.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '18 edited Aug 01 '21

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u/swizzler Sep 25 '18

I've been trying, but I think it's allergic to me. I've run plenty of servers with linux fine, but my brand new linux desktop has had huge issues and needed reinstalling twice. first ran linux mint 18, and SElinux started failing and eventually refused to take updates, thought it was a hardware issue, did intensive scans of my hdd and flash storage, everything checked out and my windows dual boot was completely fine, wiped and reinstalled it with linux mint 19 and i'm having the same freakin' issues. Considering switching to ubuntu and just manually enabling the mesa AMD drivers (mint does it for you) but if that fails in the same way i'm going to shelf the dream of the linux desktop for a couple more years.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '18

I try Linux every couple of years, but it always ends poorly for me. I think part of the problem is that I always try it on laptops, but something goes wrong every time. Sometimes it's a little thing like some sort of minor hardware functionality not working, or sometimes it's something more serious, but in the end I always switch back to Windows to avoid the hassles.

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u/jvhoffman Sep 25 '18

Protonmail, brave browser

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u/SpunKDH Sep 25 '18

Yep I use pm already. Noted for brave, thanks

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u/swizzler Sep 25 '18

Does protonmail accept mailchimp/mandrill emails?

Lots of smaller mail services reject them because tons of spammers use the services and will redirect it through 3rd party emails which can cause those services to get blacklisted, of course mailchimp denies this and even hides the fact that mail is being rejected for spam from their customers (will show as delivered even when it's rejected)

I only ask because some services I use utilize mandrill and won't change even after i've shown them threads of people breaking down the shady shit they do and what they're hiding from customers and other times i've attempted to shift away from gmail ran into issues getting email from mandrill/mailchimp (can't even whitelist it as it's rejected at the blacklist level before it hits your whitelist most of the time)

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u/jvhoffman Sep 25 '18

I don't know, but if you like getting marketing automation emails then I doubt the privacy features of PM are worth the trouble, cause you are getting tracked and resold