Chrome is banned at my workplace shop, as are pretty much all of Google products. We use DuckDuckGo, or other one-off for search and Firefox or Safari for browsers.
Michael Ayres Michael Ayres, MS, CISSP, CSEP, CSM, PMI-ACP, PMP | www.mace-associates.com San Francisco, CA. | 415.999.2049 https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmaceayres michael.ay...@yahoo.com > On Sep 19, 2018, at 5:43 AM, Chris Bennett <cpb_m...@bennettconstruction.us> > wrote: > > I travel frequently. Often outside of the US. I decided when in Mexico > that I could possibly lose the tiny notepad so I took photos of my > passwords on it. I did this on a Mexican phone and I have often used > these photos when I couldn't remember rarely used passwords and my > notepad wasn't with me. Seemed like a good idea at the time. > > I also use Google photos and drive since I download a lot of photos of > different beards and moustaches since this is the one thing I can change > to look different (hey it's fun). > > Suddenly, I discovered yesterday, basically by accident, that Google, on > it's own, without asking permission, just decided that it should backup > folders including my photos. > > Now Google has all of my usernames and account numbers and passwords > that are in those photos. > > So today, I have to change every single password and username in those > photos. > Which means I have to drop every single forum, app info, etc. And sign > up again. > > NOTE WELL: > I also discovered that Google is not just storing passwords in Chrome, > but is also monitoring ALL my app activities, passwords AND passing > (selling most likely) my profile info and reviews to companies. Their > wording is deliberately obscure as to what exactly is being stored and > disclosed to others. > > I use JuiceSSH on my Android phone. I like it. > Guess what. Now I can't use it or definitely I may or am getting my > usernames and passwords stolen! > I also do not want my actual activities showing up. You know, like > database passwords,etc. > > I would really appreciate any advice on how to deal with this. > Not being able to use SSH on my phone is a problem. > Yet I see that this is no longer an option. > > Google is now very clearly out of control and violating, against our > will, any level of privacy and not asking permission. > Yet, they also offer some very alluring services such as YouTubeTV, > which I both use and like. It's basically cheap cable that's portable > and has DVR also included. > > I'm going to start another thread right now that is probably a better > place to answer this in, instead of spread over two threads. > > Fahrenheit 451, > Chris Bennett > >
