[hellfish]

> After setting up a Gmail account in the mid-aughts, Mark, who is in his 40s, came to rely heavily on Google. He synced appointments with his wife on Google Calendar. His Android smartphone camera backed up his photos and videos to the Google cloud. He even had a phone plan with Google Fi.

His first mistake. He (and a whole bunch of others) forgot the principle of least privilege. The moment you start letting a company like google domesticate your usage patterns, you're essentially their bitch from that point onward. Better to keep all of their stuff compartmentalized

[ssss11]

Sadly I think everyone in the 00’s incorrectly assumed these companies having custody of our data didn’t equal them monitoring the data.

The time has long passed since we should have left Google services if we care at all about privacy.