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From: Auric Hellman <adhellman1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Google Chrome
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:42:28 -0500
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On 12/23/2024 4:27 PM, D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 23 Dec 2024, 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.
> 
> It's your own fault for relying on spyware. I would never touch anything 
> google related with a 10 ft pole. I use ff, reluctantly pay with a card 
> and never save any data. If I feel naughty I also like to send a few 
> gdpr complaints asking the companies to remove all my data for the fun 
> of it. =D

I use a Google Pixel 7 phone and it records every word it hears. 
Sometimes you can read what is being said as it's being said. Can't 
figure out how to stop it (I can temporarily but not permanently) and 
don't know what it does with the data it collects. I do know ads pop up 
on my phone and laptop for whatever I may be discussing that day.



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Dr. Auric D. Hellman
adhellman1@gmail.com