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On 12/23/2024 2:30 PM, Blueshirt wrote:
> JAB wrote:
> 
>> I bought two items via desktop computer from an online
>> merchant using Google Chrome, and when PayPal payment came
>> due, I didn't have to login. My Pixel 8a is never involved in
>> direct online transactions (except for PayPal verification),
>> so I suspect Google Chrome "knew" about my Pixel 8a, so Chrome
>> somehow did the login to PayPal.
> 
> Google knows everything!
> 
> That's why some of us do our best to avoid them, where possible.
> 
> Unfortunately in 2024 it's very hard to avoid Google completely
> ... they are like The Matrix!

I don't Google-anything, Alphabet is avoided like the plague.  The 
closest I come is using Youtube (not signed in) or e-mailing people with 
@gmail addresses.