[Mix]

noticed this today I was wondering why but thanks for the heads up!

[S2K]

I hope nothing serious, 2fa is important btw

[team3d]

I was wondering why I had to log back in again. Thank you Omni.

[AeroBlue]

cause 1 billion people have trash can instead of brain

I use google because it's convenient and updated, I could care less if Google has my email data. In fact, it makes a lot of my life a lot easier. Syncing shit is such a pain with other things, plus I know that if one thing is secure, it's going to be google.

[BTC]

I use google because it's convenient and updated

It is also not going to give you very accurate results. DuckDuckGo is a much better alternative to Google. I suggest you make yourself familiar if you care about privacy. I would much rather support any platform that supports privacy, than one that supports anti-privacy.

[AeroBlue]

It is also not going to give you very accurate results. DuckDuckGo is a much better alternative to Google. I suggest you make yourself familiar if you care about privacy. I would much rather support any platform that supports privacy, than one that supports anti-privacy.

I actually do use duckduckgo for searching and I can say one thing for sure - duckduckgo doesn't even get close to Google in terms of results. Anytime I have trouble finding something on duckduckgo I can find it instantly on Google. Other concerns aside, Google is damn good at their search engine. I used to try and keep my shit private but it's not worth it, every other service is such a pain and usually ends up having all your data leaked anyways.

[Pyro]

I use google because it's convenient and updated, I could care less if Google has my email data. In fact, it makes a lot of my life a lot easier. Syncing shit is such a pain with other things, plus I know that if one thing is secure, it's going to be google.

[Leroy Jethro Gibbs]

I actually do use duckduckgo for searching and I can say one thing for sure - duckduckgo doesn't even get close to Google in terms of results. Anytime I have trouble finding something on duckduckgo I can find it instantly on Google. Other concerns aside, Google is damn good at their search engine. I used to try and keep my shit private but it's not worth it, every other service is such a pain and usually ends up having all your data leaked anyways.

Go download your data from google then look at the raw data. Lets just say everything you have ever done that was linked to your google account stays on your google account. Your "deleted" photos are still in those data files and they also have publically accessible links.

[BTC]

I actually do use duckduckgo for searching and I can say one thing for sure - duckduckgo doesn't even get close to Google in terms of results. Anytime I have trouble finding something on duckduckgo I can find it instantly on Google. Other concerns aside, Google is damn good at their search engine. I used to try and keep my shit private but it's not worth it, every other service is such a pain and usually ends up having all your data leaked anyways.

Everybody is open to their own opinions. I can't take that away from you, in my opinion search results are better on DuckDuckGo. Not only does Google block DMCA, and many other things.. But they have a corrupt system that is easily exploitable. It has been proven many times in history, as well I am unsure why you think Google is "secure". They are probably one of the least secure tech companies, and one of the most targeted by hackers and people looking for exploits. This applies to many different services, or products from Google.

[AeroBlue]

Go download your data from google then look at the raw data. Lets just say everything you have ever done that was linked to your google account stays on your google account. Your "deleted" photos are still in those data files and they also have publically accessible links.

Do you know how I avoid this? I don't take photos I don't want other people seeing or that I want to delete. Yes, I saw the same video and again, I don't really care.

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Everybody is open to their own opinions. I can't take that away from you, in my opinion search results are better on DuckDuckGo. Not only does Google block DMCA, and many other things.. But they have a corrupt system that  is easily exploitable. It has been proven many times in history, as well I am unsure why you think Google is "secure". They are probably one of the least secure tech companies, and one of the most targeted by hackers and people looking for exploits. This applies to many different services, or products from Google.

I'm aware my opinion is not popular for obvious reasons, but you honestly think google is one of the least secure tech companies? They have the best security experts in the world... Google never leaked 3 billion plaintext passwords and emails

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Okay, what do I not know about?

[BTC]

but you honestly think google is one of the least secure tech companies?

My apologies let me rephrase that, they are one of the least secure relevant and popularly used tech platforms. There is new exploits coming to light every day for Google Chrome, Android, many services and products provided from Google. 😉

[AeroBlue]

My apologies let me rephrase that, they are one of the least secure relevant and popularly used tech platforms. There is new exploits coming to light every day for Google Chrome, Android, many services and products provided from Google. 😉

Okay, but how is that any different from everything else? Everything is vulnerable no matter what you use

[BTC]

Everything is vulnerable no matter what you use

Everything is vulnerable, some companies treat bugs and exploits a lot more seriously than others. For example, Google is known for having an exploit come out, they acknowledge it by pushing an update to "patch" it. But in reality, half the time they end up either not patching it, or opening up new exploits with their "patch".

There is a longgggg list of not only companies but developers that I would rather use their products, or services before ever using anything from Google. 😏 But to each their own, I just think their products are not good. People praise them on "developers" and "security researchers" who clearly are incompetent or underpaid.

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They have the best security experts in the world

Which security expert at Google are you talking about?

[Agent Shark]

Makes sense. Thanks Omni for the quick response.

[Onireves]

Guys remember if you do not have 2FA activated, and someone scams using your account. Then it is 100% on you, no excuses.

I think only upgraded members can use 2FA