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Re:Google Has Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tra... by barnassey on Friday October 21, 2016 @01:27PM (#12762515)
More and more changes that do not bode well for google, first they changed it to where they can track what numbers you dial, then they tried that with your google chrome history and tabs if you synced it to your account and now this? People wondered why i stopped being a google evangelist after 2014.
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Re:Google Has Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tra... by mikeleeorg on Friday October 21, 2016 @04:54PM (#12764667)
Do you, or anyone else here, know of a good, privacy-conscious personal information management system? Other than Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, or Apple?

Having a system that manages such critical info in a seamless way is huge. I'm acutely aware that free services are not truly "free," so if there is a good alternative that has a reasonable premium subscription plan, I would seriously consider it.

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Re:Google Has Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tra... by barnassey on Saturday October 22, 2016 @03:31AM (#12767664)
No the thing is i've had to learn all of this the hard way. using opera with a custom sync phrase, as well as using the opt-out addons that google provides. Canvas blocker, Ublock origin, and cleanlinks to get rid of the UTM strings on links. Oh and not using chrome whatsoever.
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Re:Google Has Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tra... by mikeleeorg on Friday October 21, 2016 @04:57PM (#12764706)
Ah, I just read further in this thread, and it looks like a number of alternatives are already being shared. https://www.fastmail.com/ looks pretty interesting.
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