Remember that horrific Web Environment Integrity proposal?

Well, G👀gle listened to the feedback!
So it's coming to #Chromium in 117.0.5902.0 and later.

LOL, wait. You didn't think they'd listen to anyone outside of their bubble, right? 🙄

So I fully agree with 👇
https://fosstodon.org/@drewdevault/110780501463438740

"Every programmer has a private responsibility regarding their complicity in writing and shipping harmful software."

#GoogleIsEvil #GoogleIsSpyware

@interpeer
Not only that, but it will also force every Android user to install the proprietary G👀gle Play 'services', so that any freedom you thought you had* by Android being Open Source, becomes a total farce.

This is thus *also* about G👀gle getting complete control of every #Android device out there.

#GoogleIsEvil #GoogleIsSpyware

*) Which has always been a delusion. Abandoning Android completely is the only solution.

https://infosec.exchange/@mnordhoff/109972884075074611 is about G👀gle's #GoogleIsSpyware hypocrisy, but something else in that document actually bothers me more:
"the Chrome Root Program continues to explore introducing future policy requirements"

Since Google essentially monopolized the browser 'market', they (alone) now dictate, through policy *requirements* what is and is not allowed on the www/internet. 👀

Not 'rough consensus' among stakeholders, just them.
Was probably already the case though and I just noticed it :-/

UnifiedPush: a decentralized, open-source push notification protocol
https://f-droid.org/en/2022/12/18/unifiedpush.html

"A modern Android smartphone relies on a lot of services...
Most of them have open alternatives, but until now, the only option for push notifications was Google’s proprietary service, Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM). UnifiedPush is a new alternative that allows you to get push notifications without being tied to a single company."

h/t: https://gultsch.social/@daniel/109630522775489629

#GoogleIsSpyware #UnifiedPush

@Mr_Teatime @Mopsi
There's article 12 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights

While not legally binding, most countries have ratified (large) parts of it. Certainly the last 2 decades there has been a vast erosion of our right to privacy and I haven't seen an indication of that changing any time soon. Rather the opposite.

Please stop implying that I'm recommending G👀gle over Apple. Look for #GoogleIsEvil and #GoogleIsSpyware and you should see several of my toots.

@Mr_Teatime @Mopsi
There's article 12 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights

While not legally binding, most countries have ratified (large) parts of it. Certainly the last 2 decades there has been a vast erosion of our right to privacy and I haven't seen an indication of that changing any time soon. Rather the opposite.

Please stop implying that I'm recommending G👀gle over Apple. Look for #GoogleIsEvil and #GoogleIsSpyware and you should see several of my toots.

@yogthos
IIRC you also have to give G👀gle the PRIVATE keys used to sign the package.
What could possibly go wrong? (tm)

Oh yeah, G👀gle providing an update to your package with an appropriate backdoor.

I've tooted about this (quite) a while ago, but I'm too lazy to look it up.

#GoogleIsEvil #GoogleIsSpyware

@yogthos
IIRC you also have to give G👀gle the PRIVATE keys used to sign the package.
What could possibly go wrong? (tm)

Oh yeah, G👀gle providing an update to your package with an appropriate backdoor.

I've tooted about this (quite) a while ago, but I'm too lazy to look it up.

#GoogleIsEvil #GoogleIsSpyware

If you think that modifying the whole internet to #GoogleIsSpyware was teaching them a lesson, it's a different lesson then you might think/hope.
You're actually telling G👀gle you're their bitch.

And apart from the moral/practical POV, you are fighting a battle that you CAN NOT win.
I used to use #Debian's Chromium where they made a good and honest attempt to remove (most of) the spyware. But it's dependent on people noticing it, fixing it and deploying it.
You can not win that fight. 🤷

If you think that modifying the whole internet to #GoogleIsSpyware was teaching them a lesson, it's a different lesson then you might think/hope.
You're actually telling G👀gle you're their bitch.

And apart from the moral/practical POV, you are fighting a battle that you CAN NOT win.
I used to use #Debian's Chromium where they made a good and honest attempt to remove (most of) the spyware. But it's dependent on people noticing it, fixing it and deploying it.
You can not win that fight. 🤷

New installment of #GoogleIsEvil 😖

https://plausible.io/blog/google-floc
Excellent write up by @plausible

"Every website and every Chrome user will be opted into FLoC by default without any say in that choice. That is a decision Google has made for us all."

G👀gle is telling you that you're all their bitch, unless you take specific actions against that. #DefaultsMatter

If you don't want your site/blog/etc to be #GoogleIsSpyware, YOU will have to modify your webserver's configuration 🖕

#FuckGoogle

New installment of #GoogleIsEvil 😖

https://plausible.io/blog/google-floc
Excellent write up by @plausible

"Every website and every Chrome user will be opted into FLoC by default without any say in that choice. That is a decision Google has made for us all."

G👀gle is telling you that you're all their bitch, unless you take specific actions against that. #DefaultsMatter

If you don't want your site/blog/etc to be #GoogleIsSpyware, YOU will have to modify your webserver's configuration 🖕

#FuckGoogle

If you're still using anything by
G👀gle, you're sort of asking for it as #GoogleIsEvil and #GoogleIsSpyware, but JFC.

https://mastodon.social/@eff/106009067815376674
"A switch has silently been flipped in millions of instances of Google Chrome: those browsers will begin sorting their users into groups based on behavior, then sharing group labels with third-party trackers and advertisers around the web."

The whole article is full of WTF moments; WAY too many to list in the chars left in this toot 😮

If you're still using anything by
G👀gle, you're sort of asking for it as #GoogleIsEvil and #GoogleIsSpyware, but JFC.

https://mastodon.social/@eff/106009067815376674
"A switch has silently been flipped in millions of instances of Google Chrome: those browsers will begin sorting their users into groups based on behavior, then sharing group labels with third-party trackers and advertisers around the web."

The whole article is full of WTF moments; WAY too many to list in the chars left in this toot 😮

https://commonsware.com/blog/2020/09/23/uncomfortable-questions-app-signing.html

details what I meant with the 2nd part of the above toot.
h/t https://mastodon.technology/@fdroidorg/104918810319799953

#GoogleIsEvil #GoogleIsSpyware

G👀gle is trying to push through the 'Privacy Community Group of the W3C' to redefine what first- and third-party cookies are:
https://github.com/privacycg/first-party-sets

#GoogleIsEvil #GoogleIsSpyware

h/t https://fosstodon.org/@markosaric/104641886138327812
I felt the need to redefine the 'headline' to emphasize that this is more severe then 'company X wants Y'

Contributions by NSA to encryption standards are now ignored or viewed with extreme skepticism.
Isn't it time we start treating G👀gle etc in the same way?

@wuwei AFAIUI it was needed for Apple/IOS devices as it normally doesn't allow background processes.
AFAIK it wasn't (strictly) needed on Android, but it could be useful. But because #GoogleIsEvil they had to make the API part of their proprietary Play Services and use it to completely unnecessary share lots of data with #Google, which should undermine the/any trust in a #COVID19 app. #GoogleIsSpyware

https://social.librem.one/@guardianproject/104551733636916126

Android's SafetyNet’s hardware attestation is being rolled out, effectively killing the custom ROM market.
https://www.xda-developers.com/safetynet-hardware-attestation-hide-root-magisk/

#GoogleIsEvil #GoogleIsSpyware

I've said it before and I'll say it again:
There is no way to 'fix' Android and it should be burnt to the ground.
And more effort should be put into an actual Free solution

Forgot to add a proper hashtag ...
#GoogleIsEvil

Returned to this toot/thread because because I came up with another one:
#GoogleIsSpyware

Don't know why it took me this long as it's so obvious and appropriate.

ref: https://x0f.org/@FreePietje/104484416691766466