Anyone still using Chrome deserves it
I get increasingly jaded with every bit of news that basically says “yet another reason to not use Google, integrated/agentic AI etc.” When will it be enough to make even IT-illiterates consider?
How can it do that if I never installed it? Is it looking over my shoulder or something?
Every day, I grow happier for having ditched Google’s version of Android for GrapheneOS.
and while we had constant outrage from Recall, I assume we’ll hear nothing about this from people
Seeing your screen when prompted is not the same as recording your screen
Gemini is already creeping me out with all the personal information Google is injecting into the AI context. So far I’ve seen my name, location and if I remember right, which vehicle I drive. Who knows what else is in there. I use DDG whenever I can, but sometimes a Google search is the only way to actually find something, so I see the Gemini junk as I’m scrolling down.
Is there any way to have that info deleted and no longer collected or used by Google? Or is that kind of thing only for the lucky people in Europe?
EDIT: Found it here: https://myactivity.google.com/product/gemini?hl=en-US
I use DDG whenever I can, but sometimes a Google search is the only way to actually find something
Do you have an example of something you had to use Google for because you couldn’t find it with DDG?
Not OP, but its true. There have been times I’ve searched and tweaked like 7 times. Go to google with my original text and its the first link. This is not common though.
For me, I !g sometimes when I’m searching for specific gifs, and DDG isn’t getting me the results I need. For the most part, that’s it.
You can use startpage. It just proxies your searches to google, so you get the same results as a direct google search. I think you can also use !g on DDG.
what’s Chrome?
Shiny reflective metal that blinds you to what’s behind it.
Not that big of a deal. I’m pretty sure Gemini has strabismus.
Ah, yes. Bosseyedness. It affects 1% of Brittains.
