On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 4:55 AM, Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1i...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> (Sorry about the crummy formatting and top post. This new Gmail editor >> sucks and can't be turned off). > > Is it me or is Google becoming more authoritative, +1. They've become Microsoft - you get it the way they want it regardless of your opinion or preference.
This new editor is right up there with "let's give PCs a tablet desktop manager. Oh, and lets throw away the start button, too". It's not just Microsoft - Ubuntu and Fedora suffer the same perverted thinking. I think they are all on drugs. > I've never used facebook and was considering using Google plus at some > point but without Javascript it doesn't even work, selfish and moronic > springs to mind. Yeah, the web breaks without Javascript. Try switching off Javascript in a WebView (Android and Windows Phone) or UIWebView (iOS). Nothing loads. > A family member was also very annoyed when her gmail contacts were > given to linked in without asking (upfront atleast). I understand Facebook is no better. Worse, your data was uploaded without your consent because Linkedin, Facebook, Tweeter, et al conned your family member. > Chrome that won't clear privacy data on exit or give reasonable > controls like firefox's about:config such as of caching (privacy mode is > no answer and defaults like dns caching are never ideal for all). Chrome does too much stuff behind the scenes without asking. I never use it. > I wonder if Google have considered if these things that many would be > happy with actually point to an agenda putting many others off, but > perhaps that is better than having to read a still huge privacy policy. Probably not. Or they are not listening to the feedback. Jeff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-security-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to android-security-discuss@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
