[sdnog] Google is spying on you!!!

[Nishal Goburdhan]

On 28 Jul 2015, at 5:32, Hiba Eltigani wrote:

> Salam and Eid Mubarak
> What do you think?
>
> https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2015/06/google-chrome-listening-in-to-your-room-shows-the-importance-of-privacy-defense-in-depth/

you’ve seen this about samsung TVs right:
http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/08/telescreen/
(and there are many more…)

i think it’s fair to say that, at this stage of the game, that google 
is in a great position to collect data data about users.  (i noted the 
post from a gmail account;  you -have- read the terms and conditions of 
the account, haven’t you?  :-))

so is microsoft, and apple, and … well, the guy that sells you oranges 
from the corner cafe (…if he wanted to ..)
the advise about capturing packets is sound;  you should definitely try 
that.

personally, i would be upset at a change in my default operating 
settings (c/f the microphone incident).  so i think that’s wrong, and 
someone should get intro trouble for that.  but then, i don’t use 
chrome.. ;-)

—n.