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Mark_Wallace19-Dec-16 11:03

19-Dec-16 11:03

Well, it sure as Hell ain't working here.

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Slacker00719-Dec-16 6:47

19-Dec-16 6:47

You must have some interesting bookmarks if you don't want Google looking at them. D'Oh! | :doh:

Eddy Vluggen19-Dec-16 8:15

Eddy Vluggen

19-Dec-16 8:15

Slacker007 wrote:
You must have some interesting bookmarks if you don't want Google looking at them.

Anything that is considered "private", yes. Stuff like religion, for instance.

..and yes, I'm offended by the idea that there is nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide. Especially since history has proven that idea to be wrong.

Bastard Programmer from Hell Suspicious | :suss:

If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

Slacker00719-Dec-16 8:19

19-Dec-16 8:19

I have all sorts of bookmarks - some really interesting, and men in black ties have yet to knock on my door.

Eddy Vluggen19-Dec-16 8:28

Eddy Vluggen

19-Dec-16 8:28

Again, what you find interesting may not be exactly what I am afraid of; you're not a member of the government here.

Information collected is stored, and the EU may lay claim to that information for "security reasons" and to fight "terrorism". Even if I could trust Google, I am not going to trust a politician.

Bastard Programmer from Hell Suspicious | :suss:

If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

Slacker00719-Dec-16 8:43

19-Dec-16 8:43

Well, you know how I feel about the EU, and if you don't, then know that I do not care for the EU at all.

Now this is the Lounge, so I will leave it at that, but I do understand your concerns and I think they are valid, on the EU context.

Eddy Vluggen19-Dec-16 8:57

Eddy Vluggen

19-Dec-16 8:57

Slacker007 wrote:
Well, you know how I feel about the EU,

Yup, and it seemed a better argument than a Godwin $Shucks | :-\$

Bastard Programmer from Hell Suspicious | :suss:

If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

Mark_Wallace19-Dec-16 11:02

19-Dec-16 11:02

Slacker007 wrote:
I do understand your concerns and I think they are valid, on the EU context.

Er, yeah, because US politicians and governmental offices are so incredibly trustworthy...

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Slacker00719-Dec-16 11:56

19-Dec-16 11:56

Some how, I don't think a Trump presidency is going to care about my bookmarks; I really don't.

Mark_Wallace19-Dec-16 11:00

19-Dec-16 11:00

That's worth a +5 of anyone's money.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Mark_Wallace19-Dec-16 11:04

19-Dec-16 11:04

Interesting to me, obviously, but no other ****er's business.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

dandy7219-Dec-16 8:43

dandy72

19-Dec-16 8:43

Import bookmarks from what--IE?

Move or rename IE's Favorites folder, then create a new (empty) one. Let Chrome import that. Once it knows it's done the import (of nothing), rename the original folder so it's usable again.

Mark_Wallace19-Dec-16 10:58

19-Dec-16 10:58

Tried it. I don't use IE, so only the ms bookmarks are there. It wasn't enough; the damned demand just won't go away.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Deflinek19-Dec-16 9:13

Deflinek

19-Dec-16 9:13

Mark_Wallace wrote:
Seems pretty obvious that the bookmarks bar is one of the sources that google uses for snooping on you, if you're not allowed to keep your bookmarks from them

Google doesn't need your bookmarks to "snoop" on you. And if you are concerned I'm not sure Chrome is the right browser for you Smile | :)

I'm pretty sure they already know every single page you visit that sports google analytics snippets especially if you used the same browser to login to any google service at any time - be it gmail, youtube, picasa or whatever.

At least google uses this information for its own profit as far as I know. That is good thing actually because for now they have no interest to use it for witch-hunt of any kind as that would hurt the money.

I'm affraid the only other option would be to not use any of their products including android phones, google search engine (included by default as in-browser search also in many other browsers) and browsing each site in separate in-private mode. But even then some other corp would "snoop" on you.

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"My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."

Mark_Wallace19-Dec-16 10:59

Somebody's found the real-world Wally

19-Dec-16 10:59

Sorry?

Did it sound like I installed chrome because I want it?

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Nighthowler19-Dec-16 2:36

Nighthowler

19-Dec-16 2:36

Man ‘working from home’ sends just the right amount of emails[^]

Found from the post below. This must be the UK version of the Onion. There goes the rest of the day...

Here's another for Apple "fans"
Apple’s self-driving electric car to suddenly die when battery shows 30%[^]

OriginalGriff19-Dec-16 2:44

OriginalGriff

19-Dec-16 2:44

Quote:
“Our car will definitely surprise a lot of people, not least in that it will have no wheels and cost a quarter of a million dollars.”

Nah - the wheels will be connected via bluetooth

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

PeejayAdams19-Dec-16 3:09

PeejayAdams

19-Dec-16 3:09

I'm sure that the real Wally would automate those emails!

Slogans aren't solutions.

Mark_Wallace19-Dec-16 3:26

19-Dec-16 3:26

I've heard that you accelerate the apple car by pressing down on the right-hand side of the steering wheel, and brake by long-pressing it.

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Forogar 19-Dec-16 3:31

Forogar

19-Dec-16 3:31

When the battery runs out you have to buy a new iCar. Also you can't play music in the car as there are no speakers, only Bluetooth connections to your iBoots used to press the iAccelerator. The iBrake has been announced but will not be in these first models as they haven't decided on the colour yet,

- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

F-ES Sitecore19-Dec-16 3:52

F-ES Sitecore

19-Dec-16 3:52

If a forum populated by supposedly intelligent and internet-savvy people can't even avoid all this "fake news" garbage it's no wonder Facebook is the boogieman du jour.