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Privacy outrage after Google users discover Chrome's built-in anti-virus tool is scanning private
Daily Mail Co. UK ^ | 12:55 EDT, 4 April 2018 | Tim Collins

Posted on 04/14/2018 6:32:26 AM PDT by Texas Fossil


(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: browser; chrome; files; google; privacy; scanning; surveillance
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To: PAR35

Bkmrk.


41 posted on 04/14/2018 7:56:20 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Beagle8U

Yes, I use it.


42 posted on 04/14/2018 7:56:21 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: demsux

“GOv OGLE”

MicroShaft is as bad.


43 posted on 04/14/2018 7:58:38 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: XEHRpa
Why are all these things, going on for nearly 20 years, being exposed now? Because we no longer have the deep state at the helm our government!

People are concerned about Facebook, Google, etc yet can't see the elephant in the room that is our own government.

Our own government has been collecting every type of data you can imagine. Emails, text messages, phone calls, credit card and banking transactions, web sites we visit, stores we go to, streets and highways we travel, airplanes, buses and trains we get on, property we own, weapons we purchase, hunting and fishing licenses, fuel we purchase, and on and on and on.

Yes, I trust the government now because we don't have the "Deep State" at the helm. It's laughable.

44 posted on 04/14/2018 7:59:35 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: carriage_hill

I only have Firefox on my Linux machine. Oh, forgot, I still have Lynx text browser for specific purposes on it. It is a very fast text only command line browser. Very old program.


45 posted on 04/14/2018 8:00:29 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: raybbr

You have to stop using reason and logic if you want to keep posting here.


46 posted on 04/14/2018 8:01:06 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: carriage_hill

There is a Windows version of Lynx too. I used it for many years for sites that were slow and cluttered by Java scripts. Like on Drudgereport.

I still use it to send tips to Drudge.


47 posted on 04/14/2018 8:02:07 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Kirkwood

Any post put on FR is instantly available on Google search.

I use to find old articles I have posted. Amazing.

But it is good and bad.


48 posted on 04/14/2018 8:05:06 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Donkey Odious

“(Sent from my Chromebook....)”

No thanks.


49 posted on 04/14/2018 8:06:43 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: American in Israel

“If an anti virus does not scan all files, it is useless.”

This is why you should never use a Russian or Chinese anti-virus, even if they are free and have good reputations.


50 posted on 04/14/2018 8:11:39 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: Texas Fossil

“Well, you often have no choice with user agreements.”

You always have a choice. Accept it, or don’t. Funny that people find it worth their private information to use some computer app.


51 posted on 04/14/2018 8:24:34 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: unixfox

> Yes, I trust the government now because we don’t have the “Deep State” at the helm. It’s laughable.

Don’t get me wrong. I fully understand that the Deep State is deeply embedded throughout our civil service and also, by way of black money, throughout certain select industries (e.g., Silicon valley). I fully expect “The Empire to Strike Back.”

But I also believe our President is doing everything in his power to expose and remedy these issues. I guess the verdict is still out on who will triumph, though I will admit to feeling there is something almost Biblical surrounding Trump’s elevation to the Presidency.


52 posted on 04/14/2018 8:34:27 AM PDT by XEHRpa
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To: Texas Fossil

reason number 5001 to steer clear of anything google


53 posted on 04/14/2018 8:50:55 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Texas Fossil

Just think about your medical records. EMRs all require internet connections and support. If government wants to target you or your provider, it’s just a few clicks. Great for parallel construction.
As we have seen with the corrupt Mueller investigation, law enforcement is all about targeting individuals and finding the crime rather that looking for crime and finding the criminals.


54 posted on 04/14/2018 8:57:15 AM PDT by grumpygresh (Abolish administrative law. It's regressive, medieval and unconstitutional!)
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To: grumpygresh

Absolutely correct. I can name a number of mass arrest situations that have had that exact process follow an incident. It is a travesty to our legal system.


55 posted on 04/14/2018 9:13:18 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Bob434

Yes. infinite reasons.


56 posted on 04/14/2018 9:13:52 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: bk1000

Well the ultimate opt out? Off switch. Turn off all the power.


57 posted on 04/14/2018 9:14:49 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: raybbr
Don’t all antivirus programs scan your files? How is this a surprise?

exactly, not a very good a/v solution if it doesn't scan you files now is it. I get it the big boys are gathering your data, but now people are hanging on to every little thing as evidence of this, leading to a 'boy who cried wolf' scenario.
58 posted on 04/14/2018 9:16:43 AM PDT by battousai (Trump was wrong... I'm still not tired of Winning!)
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To: demsux

That was so good I just crossposted to three Facebook groups.


59 posted on 04/14/2018 9:19:14 AM PDT by Lazamataz (What America needs is more Hogg control.)
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To: Texas Fossil

Safe and secure?


60 posted on 04/14/2018 9:23:18 AM PDT by Carriage Hill
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