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Back when photos took up 1 shoebox and not 1 terabyte. getty All good things come to an end. Or, I should say, all good free things eventually start to charge. Starting June 1st, Google GOOG will start counting high-quality photos against a user’s 15GB storage cap, which also includes other Google services as well (primarily Gmail and Drive). If you go over that cap you can either delete photos to stay under the cap or pay $2/month or $20/year for 100GB of storage. If you… Source link

Google dominates the browser market with Chrome—most of you will use it on at least one of your devices. And so the shocking new warnings about Chrome’s “creepy” new tracking should give you serious reason for concern. It might be time for you to quit. The headlines this week have been dominated by Apple’s iOS 14.5. Finally we have the long-awaited crackdown on Facebook-style tracking. But while we’ve been distracted by Tim Cook versus Mark Zuckerberg, Google has quietly been… Source link

If you’re among the millions of iPhone users relying on Google Maps, then an alarming new update this week will serve as a serious warning that it could be time to quit the app. But, before you hit delete, there’s a little-known catch you need to understand. New Google Maps warning for millions of iPhone users NurPhoto via Getty Images While Facebook has endured the media flak, with early admissions that its data collection is out of step with competitors, Google has been… Source link

An open letter addressed to Google (GOOG) and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, published online on Friday, made two demands: the company stop those who are found to have harassed other employees from managing anyone and the company move anyone who has been found to have harassed others to another team. As of Friday afternoon, it appeared to have been signed by more than 1,000 company employees. “Alphabet workers deserve the right to work in an environment free from their abusers,” the letter said…. Source link

“We’re deeply aware of the importance of this issue. We work to support and protect people who report concerns, thoroughly investigate all claims and take firm actions against substantiated allegations,” a spokesperson for Google said. Story continues below advertisement The petition comes after Emi Nietfeld, a former Google engineer, alleged Thursday in the New York Times that the company let her harasser continue sitting next to her even after verifying her complaint and punishing him…. Source link

More than 500 Alphabet employees have signed an open letter demanding Google stop protecting the subjects of harassment complaints. The move comes two days after former Google engineer Emi Nietfeld wrote an op-ed in The New York Times alleging that she was forced to have one-on-one meetings with the man who harassed her — and sit next to him in the office — even after she filed an HR complaint. “This is a long pattern where Alphabet protects the harasser instead of protecting the… Source link

Seeing what Google has learned about you is a bit shocking though. To see what data Google knows about you, go to www.myactivity.google.com. Among the many items collected are web searches, YouTube videos you’ve watched, places you’ve visited, and things you’re interested in such as hobbies and what you eat. Source link

If you’re among the billions of people using Chrome, then Google’s stark new data harvesting disclosures should come as a nasty surprise. Worse, a new Chrome revelation, one that hasn’t yet made headlines but which is detailed below, should serve as an even more serious warning. Here’s what you need to do now. It’s time to ditch Chrome—here’s why. Getty Images Google is under fire this week, after the surprising amount of your data harvested by… Source link

“Google, please don’t do this,” wrote the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, in a blog post. In the post, EFF technologist Bennett Cyphers argued that, depending on how small each cohort is and the ability for clever companies to cross-reference that data with other available information — such as your email address — it may well be possible for third parties to figure out who you are, anyway. Source link

Eleven state financial regulators are calling on Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to rescind Trump-era regulations that they say are insulating student loan servicers from more oversight. The consumer protection agencies from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin are asking Cardona to reverse what they call “unnecessary and legally dubious” guidelines under former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos… Source link