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darren mccoy said:

Well, that's every Google app removed from my phone. Now to decide if I can live with Bing as my search engine.

You can’t. It refuses to search for strings of text. Also, Microsoft engineers have admitted to using Google to search Microsoft’s own internal knowledge database because Bing can’t do it.

Try Searx.me

gatorguy said:
EDIT... and then this story appears on my feed. Apps are using the way you tap your screen, the speed you type, the angle you hold your phone, or the swipes you typically use to better identify who is who, even recognizing changes in health??

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/business/behavioral-biometrics-banks-security.html

Oh, that’s old hat. I had a client many years back who couldn’t bank on his iPad because the bank’s website required Flash (!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Ignoring how odd that was, I installed one of those “flash-supporting” browsers and got the login to show up, but he still couldn’t log in because the site RECORDED THE SPEED AT WHICH HE TYPED IN HIS USERNAME AND PASSWORD and rejected his input. I hope to hell that his bank has fixed that shit by now, but who knows.

inlupineways said:

I agree, this is nothing more than taking the ownership away from the customer. 

gatorguy said:

I also took the time to explain how to fix it.

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH Yeah, right. We’re going to believe that?

To fix it, you stop using all Google services, Google-related services, Google subsidiary companies, and block all access to your devices from Google-owned IP addresses. And then you class action sue the shit out of these fucking lunatics.

ericthehalfbee said:

Curious, if I have location set to “While Using” on my iPhone, does it still track? And if it’s set to “Never” what then?

Well, given that Safari still winds up collecting cookies when you set it to “never”, I’d say that Google manages to get around a user setting quite easily. Hell, Microsoft COMPLETELY IGNORES ALL YOUR SETTINGS IN WINDOWS 10, so you have to bypass the entire OS to make yourself secure.

Hooray! Another opportunity to mention that property taxes shouldn’t exist; a land tax should be levied instead.

If I build a new room or garage on my house, I am punished. If I keep my lot maintained, I am punished. If I add a fresh coat of paint or new siding, I am punished. A land tax does not punish people for being successful, happy, healthy, and seeing their home become their dream.
Slumlords purposely keep their buildings filthy and in disrepair so that their taxes are lower. Meanwhile, a land tax would INCENTIVIZE improvements to property.

DavidJHupp said:
I would even argue that this insult warrants a retraction because of the sexism inherent in accusing a female architect of “copying” a male architect’s explicitly derivative design.

Bravo. 10/10. Spectacular satire. I honestly don’t laugh much anymore, but I actually laughed out loud at this.