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Independent investigative journalist. Writes about cybercrime. Author of 'Spam Nation', a NYT bestseller. Wrote for The Washington Post '95-'09

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    briankrebs‏Verified account @briankrebs Sep 24

    briankrebs Retweeted Matthew Green

    Important, debate-worthy post. Discuss!https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/1043959913741979648 …

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    Matthew Green @matthew_d_green
    Why I’m done with Google Chrome: https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why-im-leaving-chrome/ …
    9:40 AM - 24 Sep 2018
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      2. Alun Jones‏ @ftp_alun Sep 24
        Replying to @briankrebs

        Alun Jones Retweeted Adrienne Porter Felt

        Point one surely has to be the rebuttal(s):https://twitter.com/__apf__/status/1044110733108101120 …

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        Adrienne Porter FeltVerified account @__apf__
        To reiterate, signing in does NOT turn on Chrome Sync. The Chrome Help Center https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/185277?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en … and Chrome White Paper https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/whitepaper.html … have up-to-date details about this change. My colleagues are updating the Chrome privacy notice ASAP to make this more clear 6/6
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      3. Andrew Artz‏ @keyboardsmoke Sep 25
        Replying to @ftp_alun @briankrebs

        counter-point, why is sending my browser history in its entirety to google even an option. When I start on a fresh install of Windows, the last thought on my mind is "man I wish my entire browser history was still here" We all know why it's there, and it's anti-consumer

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      2. Ronnie T‏ @iHeartMalware Sep 24
        Replying to @briankrebs

        If someone thinks their actions aren't tracked anywhere on the internet, they are sadly mistaking. Everyone monitors everything, so every action that someone takes on the tubes is logged somewhere. I drink the Google kool-aid because it's easy and convenient

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      3. Ronnie T‏ @iHeartMalware Sep 24
        Replying to @iHeartMalware @briankrebs

        And if there's something sensitive then that obviously goes via other means, like carrier pigeons, smoke signals, or SD cards flown via drones

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      4. Ronnie T‏ @iHeartMalware Sep 24
        Replying to @iHeartMalware @briankrebs

        Privacy is less about keeping your stuff secret, but knowing what exists about you and how someone could use that to get an edge. If you know X or Y is in the public on you, then you can use that to know when someone is trying to social engineer you. :)pic.twitter.com/TjRopNB8iG

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      2. Rick Jeffries‏ @JeffriesInfoSec Sep 24
        Replying to @briankrebs

        Troubling privacy creep on the part of Google. @__apf__ argues that Google doesn't auto-take your data to the cloud if you sign in to Gmail, but the privacy policy makes it clear that Google *can.* Respect Google's work on, e.g., certificates but this is a misstep.

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      3. Alun Jones‏ @ftp_alun Sep 24
        Replying to @JeffriesInfoSec @briankrebs @__apf__

        Was that before, or after today's privacy policy update?https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/ 

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      4. Rick Jeffries‏ @JeffriesInfoSec Sep 24
        Replying to @ftp_alun @briankrebs @__apf__

        If an associate of mine drafted these revisions I’d send them back for a rewrite. For example, this portion of the new policy, in the context of the heading, suggests that sign-in and sync are the same, just a few lines after insisting they aren’t:pic.twitter.com/AY4if2lwoW

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      2. James Bond‏ @therealknewman Sep 24
        Replying to @briankrebs

        If you like the Chrome rendering engine but don't like the idea of Google services being tied in so tightly, check out @vivaldibrowser

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      1. Reid Roberts‏ @Reid_Roberts_ Sep 24
        Replying to @briankrebs

        Much ado about nothing, especially for the technologically impaired.

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      1. Doug Johnson Hatlem‏ @djjohnso Sep 24
        Replying to @briankrebs

        I began refusing to load Google Chrome onto my phone or regular machine a year or more ago when it was clear they were heading in this direction and violating lots of other privacy related red lines.

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      1. (((zwunch)))‏ @tristanbergh Sep 24
        Replying to @briankrebs

        google wants to track users across completely separate domains. chilling.

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      1. zer0day‏ @zer0day_ Sep 24
        Replying to @briankrebs

        "Remove one freedom per generation and soon you will have no freedom - and no one will have noticed"

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      1. Louai Abboud‏ @BinaryBlues Sep 24
        Replying to @briankrebs

        I respect @Google and I see the convenience element in the change they've introduced. BUT, I still think their solution is poor. Yes, the data won't sync until authorized but policies change all the time. Before, users had control/power through their credentials. Now they do not.

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      1. Wladimir Palant‏ @WPalant Sep 24
        Replying to @briankrebs

        What is there to say? Google Chrome is by no means a neutral browser, it is meant to provide Google services with an advantage. The current change is merely one of many. Once I realized that seven years ago, I never considered switching to it any more. https://adblockplus.org/blog/google-chrome-and-pre-installed-web-apps …

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      1. Alex Rhodes‏ @alex__rhodes Sep 24
        Replying to @briankrebs

        I'd like a study on how many general users actually care about privacy as much as these privacy advocates (and experts) seem to think everyone *should* care.

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      1. Jim Stefanik‏ @faultywarrior Sep 24
        Replying to @briankrebs

        No discussion needed. I threw Chrome in the bin over a year ago.

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      1. andrew "novelty Halloween name" rich‏ @smartwatermelon Sep 24
        Replying to @briankrebs

        My Gmail account is my Google account is my Chrome account. Under nominal use cases I appreciate having them linked. When necessary, I can open an Incognito browser window.

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      1. Aniruddha, #295 & I‏ @AniruddhasT Sep 24
        Replying to @briankrebs

        WTF is there about to debate ?

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