Re:Never connect to ProtonMail using Chrome
by quantum_magpie on Monday November 19, 2018 @10:21PM
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Google is the third party in this case.
Re:Never connect to ProtonMail using Chrome
by adventured on Monday November 19, 2018 @10:39PM
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It doesn't matter if they're not sharing it with third parties.
If the user in question did not give specific permission for Google to steal their ProtonMail email/s and send them back to Google servers, then that should be a crime. It should be a felony, just as it would be if a Google employee opened or obtained my physical mail without permission, scanned it in some manner, and took it back to their offices.
Re:Never connect to ProtonMail using Chrome
by tokyodude on Monday November 19, 2018 @11:41PM
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that is a fairly uncharitable interpretation of what happened. At worst Google tried to be helpful by offering a free translation service and the user clicked "yes, translate all pages in language X to Y". Chrome does not automatically translate pages out of the box. it asks
AFAICT Google doesn't share any info with 3rd parties unless you sign up with some 3rd party and ask them to share the info. I've never used my Google account to sign up with any 3rd parties.
As for Chrome collecting my history.(a) I want that since I want to be able to search my history across devices. For those rare cases where I don't I use an Incognito window. (b) you can opt out of having Google use your history for ad targeting. https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
Note that ad targeting does not in any way suggest Google is sharing data. In fact it's in their best interest not to share data. If they share the data then other companies can use that data themselves. If they don't share data then other companies have to go through Google for targeted ads.