Google. Once I thought they where kind of cool. Then I woke up. Data collection and privacy issues among other things.

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Can you explain the "privacy issues" ?

@AL1L What don't you get about that part? Genuinely asking as it's very well known how Google is a privacy nightmare and with your answer I can better formulate an answer for you :)

@linuxxx It's not a bug, it's a feature. Hence not an issue. It works likes intended ;) .

@linuxxx it's not that I don't get it, but I want to see what privacy issues you believe Google has.

@AL1L

- they try to track as much as possible using opt-out methods (and with that I don't mean tracker blockers/addons etc)

- if you dont ever want to connect to a Google related service, you're fucked on the Internet without active protection.

- according to the snowden leaks, googles services are integrated within the biggest mass surveillance system ever created.

To name a few.

@linuxxx those first two aren't really a privacy issues in my opinion because they track you anonymously and anyways, the tracking helps webmasters and search results. That tracking also gives you targeted ads, which in my opinion are better than just random ads.

And that last point doesn't count because it's just speculation.

@AL1L I don't think that all that is anonymous.

But, if you combine several anonymous data collection you can end up not being that anonymous anymore.

@coderunsleep if you want to stay anonymous thing don't give out your personal information, easy.

@AL1L Yes I know. But this is more of a general thing about Google, even if there are ways around it. I don't trust their intentions.

@coderunsleep they have good intentions I think. And everyone wants money, wanting money doesn't make you evil.