Just found a new creepy thing about Google/GMail...

[TygrBright]

I was looking in my Google Account settings, trying to find the place to change the painfully glaring white background they've now made the default in the Contacts program, and I ran across something called "Reservations".

WTF?

A list of plane reservations culled, apparently, from anything connected with an airline in my GMail.

This is creepy as hell. I really do NOT want them collecting that information for me or for them or for anyone.

So far I can't figure out how to turn it off, though.

Anyone had any luck with that?

OR with changing the background in "Contacts" for the browser-based program service on a desktop computer?

wearily,
Bright

[dlk]

1. It's Called Surveillance Capitalism

The data from all of us is being monetized without our knowledge.

[lastlib]

7. and weaponized.....

[WhiteTara]

2. I moved off google and use duck duck go

and yahoo for mail. I don't know if I'm less followed; but I also use ghostery and adblocker.

[TygrBright]

3. I use all those, but still have a GMail account. n/t

[WhiteTara]

4. do you find that duck duck go

is a more private search engine?

[TygrBright]

5. It certainly seems to be. n/t

[WhiteTara]

6. That was my impression, but I don't know

many people who use it. Thanks for your opinion.

[douglas9]

8. Duck Vs Start

https://www.slant.co/versus/547/548/~duckduckgo_vs_startpage

[Tetrachloride]

9. iCloud, DuckDuckGo, Epic browser, Brave Browser

I use:

1. iCloud for email
2. DuckDG for most internet searches
3. Epic browser for general reading on internet.
4. WhatsApp for messaging with good friends in alternate realities.
5. Facebook for lost friends


Now testing if Epic browser somehow fails me (it hasn't):

1. Brave Browser

[TygrBright]

10. I use Epic and DuckDuckGo. But Gmail remains the core of the Google empire...

...and the suite of other tools - Contacts, Calendar, Drive, etc., aren't part of Epic or DuckDuckGo's offerings.

I never go anywhere near Facebook anymore.

wearily,
Bright