While I don't have rigorous metrics without digging deeply into my data, my impression is that far more than 50% of scams, phishes, etc. sent to non-Gmail addresses originate on (that is, are sent from) #Gmail (as demonstrated by the Received: line analysis, so not counting forgeries not actually sent by Google) and/or have their "payloads" -- what they want you to click on, located on GCP -- #Google Cloud.
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A quote from "Animal House" that fits #Google #Chrome "Auto Browse" Agentic AI
Google says YOU are responsible for all actions their agentic #AI tak es on your behalf. So when things go wrong, a classic line from "Animal House" (1978) seems to apply:
Otter to Flounder: "You f*cked up. You trusted us!"
Privacy Guides
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Google Settles Eavesdropping Lawsuit
https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/01/30/google-settles-eavesdropping-lawsuit/
Google Settles Eavesdropping Lawsuit
https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/01/30/google-settles-eavesdropping-lawsuit/
DO NOT USE GOOGLE CHROME AUTO BROWSE -- ONE SENTENCE EXPLAINS WHY!
#Google is pushing out their #Chrome agentic #Gemini #AI "Auto Browse"
features to some classes of users today. In reported demos, the line:
"You are responsible for Gemini's actions during tasks."
reportedly appears.
That is ALL you need to know to steer clear of this AI nightmare. When Gemini screws up browsing and making decisions for you while feeding all your activity up to Google servers -- Google isn't taking responsibility, IT'S ALL ON YOU. To quote Admiral Ackbar: "It's a trap!"
Frankly, that's the whole ballgame. You really don't need to know any more.
Maybe you're comfortable putting Google's famously confused misinformation machine in the driver's seat with your accounts and your life, but I sure as hell am not.
Because Google wants to "take you for a ride" with this one. In the darkest sense of the phrase.
No thanks, Google. NO THANKS.
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#DeGoogle list with best private alternatives
#DeGoogle list with best private alternatives
⚠️ IMPORTANT ⚠️
Boycottez toute alternative aux #gafam a #google qui sont propose officiellement par l' #Europe #eu
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C'est TOUJOURS des solutions :
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Tommi @ FOSDEM 🤯
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Today, the @EUCommission opened a process under the #DMA to regulate how #Google handles #interoperability within #Android
The 
FSFE has been working intensively over the last two years to improve DMA interoperability against gatekeepers like #Apple and Google.
We will monitor how the Commission implements the interoperability rules further, ensuring DMA enforcement is Free Software-friendly.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_202
RE: https://mastodon.social/@fsfe/115967357372159085
The latest @EUCommission decision to start a specification proceeding, regulating how #Google should grant interoperability under the #DMA will be closely monitored by the @fsfe 👀
Today, the @EUCommission opened a process under the #DMA to regulate how #Google handles #interoperability within #Android
The FSFE has been working intensively over the last two years to improve DMA interoperability against gatekeepers like #Apple and Google.
We will monitor how the Commission implements the interoperability rules further, ensuring DMA enforcement is Free Software-friendly.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_202
RE: https://mastodon.social/@fsfe/115967357372159085
The latest @EUCommission decision to start a specification proceeding, regulating how #Google should grant interoperability under the #DMA will be closely monitored by the @fsfe 👀
Earlier, in June 2025, we took part in the workshop organised by the Commission on #Google's #DMA compliance, where we raised issues related to #interoperability.
In particular, similar problems #FreeSoftware developers are facing with #Apple, like discretionary power to deny interoperability, the lack of transparency, and anti-competitive practices.
In the period of August-November 2025, the FSFE took part in a comprehensive study regarding #Google’s control over #interoperability in #AOSP.
In particular, the study focused on how the company's limiting access to critical interoperability can hinder Free Software projects.
The study was discussed in the @article19 #DMA Symposium and reviewed by the @EUCommission
A summary of the discussions conducted at the Symposium was later published at https://www.techpolicy.press/making-the-digital-markets-act-developer-friendly/
Today, the @EUCommission opened a process under the #DMA to regulate how #Google handles #interoperability within #Android
The FSFE has been working intensively over the last two years to improve DMA interoperability against gatekeepers like #Apple and Google.
We will monitor how the Commission implements the interoperability rules further, ensuring DMA enforcement is Free Software-friendly.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_202
Earlier, in June 2025, we took part in the workshop organised by the Commission on #Google's #DMA compliance, where we raised issues related to #interoperability.
In particular, similar problems #FreeSoftware developers are facing with #Apple, like discretionary power to deny interoperability, the lack of transparency, and anti-competitive practices.
Today, the @EUCommission opened a process under the #DMA to regulate how #Google handles #interoperability within #Android
The FSFE has been working intensively over the last two years to improve DMA interoperability against gatekeepers like #Apple and Google.
We will monitor how the Commission implements the interoperability rules further, ensuring DMA enforcement is Free Software-friendly.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_202
France is rolling out Visio, a homegrown secure videoconferencing platform, to all government employees by 2027.
The move aims to replace American tools like Teams, Zoom and Webex that currently fragment public administration communications and create security vulnerabilities.
The platform already has 40,000 regular users and is being deployed to 200,000 agents. Major institutions like CNRS are switching over this quarter, with CNRS replacing Zoom for its 34,000 staff and 120,000 affiliated researchers by late March.
Visio runs on French sovereign cloud infrastructure certified by ANSSI, uses AI transcription technology from French startup Pyannote, and will add real-time subtitling from French AI lab Kyutai by summer 2026. Beyond security and digital sovereignty, the switch generates real savings of about 1 million euros per year for every 100,000 users leaving paid license solutions.
Minister David Amiel frames this as essential to protecting sensitive government data and scientific exchanges from exposure to non-European actors while supporting French tech companies.
https://numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-etat-visio-solution-visioconference-agents-publics/ #France #Greenland #MAGA #DonaldTrump #tarrifs #France #Google #MicrosofTeams
