Alex Akselrod
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Tim Chambers
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I wanted to learn more about digital #privacy and #security so I volunteered to do an introductory presentation at my local library as a part of our effort to advocate for #FreeSoftware and #GNU #Linux. It's just the basics but it covers some of the easiest changes any computer user can make. For example, dropping #Google #Chrome and all of their other services. It's not too late to protect your privacy.
Download the LibreOffice Impress file here
https://beardystarstuff.net/Introduction_to_Privacy_and_Security.odp
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I assume people have seen the new #google #chrome "Homework Help" button that shows up when the browser is pointed to educational websites.
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It doesn't do anything the student couldn't do on their own if they want, but it makes it really easy and puts the temptation there. (as if no one understood how cueing works!) What it does is access google lens, does OCR on the selected image and opens an AI sidebar.
This forced me to take another look at how #AI does on my exams....
Ulrike Hahn
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#Google#Chrome is now popping up a "let us help you cheat on your school work" popup in the URL bar when it thinks you're on a school site. OK, actually it says "homework help" but it amounts to the same thing. It's driving schools crazy because it's even popping up on quizzes and tests. There appears to be no way to reasonably disable it, and responses from Google suggest they don't give a damn as long their horrific AI gets used more. It's even popping up on sites that have NOTHING to do with schools -- I'm getting it on technical sites that happen to have the word "tutorial" in their URL. More nightmare sauce from #Google.
#Google#Chrome is now popping up a "let us help you cheat on your school work" popup in the URL bar when it thinks you're on a school site. OK, actually it says "homework help" but it amounts to the same thing. It's driving schools crazy because it's even popping up on quizzes and tests. There appears to be no way to reasonably disable it, and responses from Google suggest they don't give a damn as long their horrific AI gets used more. It's even popping up on sites that have NOTHING to do with schools -- I'm getting it on technical sites that happen to have the word "tutorial" in their URL. More nightmare sauce from #Google.
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Google, vittoria mutilata: non deve vendere Chrome ma cambiare modello di business - HDblog.it
Il giudice federale Amit Mehta ha respinto la richiesta del Dipartimento di Giustizia (DOJ) americano di costringere Google a cedere il Chrome. Non si tratta però di una trionfo su tutti i fronti: la sentenza ha riconosciuto il monopolio della società nella ricerca online, imponendo restrizioni significative
https://www.hdblog.it/google/articoli/n630334/google-chrome-vendita-sentenza-monopolio-ricerca/
Google, vittoria mutilata: non deve vendere Chrome ma cambiare modello di business - HDblog.it
Il giudice federale Amit Mehta ha respinto la richiesta del Dipartimento di Giustizia (DOJ) americano di costringere Google a cedere il Chrome. Non si tratta però di una trionfo su tutti i fronti: la sentenza ha riconosciuto il monopolio della società nella ricerca online, imponendo restrizioni significative
https://www.hdblog.it/google/articoli/n630334/google-chrome-vendita-sentenza-monopolio-ricerca/
Alphabet’s Google will have to share some search data with competitors but will not have to sell its popular Chrome web browser, a federal judge has ruled in a landmark antitrust case against the search engine operator. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/03/tech/google-chrome-antitrust/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #google #chrome #internet #alphabet #antitrust
Schlechte Nachrichten zu #Google Nr. 1: Die #EU zieht wegen #Trump den Schwanz ein und suspendiert das laufende Kartellverfahren gegen Google:
https://digitalrechte.de/news/trump-schutzschirm-wirkt-eu-kommission-suspendiert-kartellverfahren-gegen-google-und-schadet-damit-dem-fairen-wettbewerb-in-europa
Schlechte Nachrichten zu Google Nr. 2: Google wird nicht gezwungen werden, #Chrome oder #Android zu verkaufen: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/02/tech/google-antitrust-ruling-chrome-android
Ich geh dann mal demnächst wieder #BladeRunner schauen... 🤖☠️
A judge in the US antitrust case against Google ruled that the company does not have to spin off its Chrome web browser or Android operating system. And it can pay to have Google services preinstalled on iPhones and other products, but cannot insist on exclusivity. Google will also have to share some search data with competitors. #Google#Antitrust#Chrome#Search#Androidhttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/02/google-antitrust-search-ruling.html
All Europeans 🇪🇺
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Ohhh. I missed this so far.
I think this makes sense: browsers are one of the most fundamental digital public goods at this point. (Right after a mobile OS.)
I'd have preferred if they had picked #Firefox or #Verso, but hey, poking #Google gets my vote too 🙂
(Is #Ecosia the best host? Probably not; I'd see this as a @sovtechfund
@nlnet et al project.)
https://www.reuters.com/business/germanys-ecosia-proposes-stewardship-run-google-chrome-2025-08-21/
Ohhh. I missed this so far.
I think this makes sense: browsers are one of the most fundamental digital public goods at this point. (Right after a mobile OS.)
I'd have preferred if they had picked #Firefox or #Verso, but hey, poking #Google gets my vote too 🙂
(Is #Ecosia the best host? Probably not; I'd see this as a @sovtechfund
@nlnet et al project.)
https://www.reuters.com/business/germanys-ecosia-proposes-stewardship-run-google-chrome-2025-08-21/
Michael Bacon
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Oh wow, Google is really sneaky with their AI Mode button on the new tab page in Chrome. Here's a very unintuitive way to disable it.
1. Open chrome://flags/ in your browser.
2. Look for "ntp-compose-entrypoint".
3. Switch to "disabled".
4. Restart your browser.
