Ffs that’s orwellian.
this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2023
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it was more fun when padding on a div was included in the absolute width on one browser and added to the absolute width on another.
FYI: the post was updated with a clarification but it sounds just as bad
https://strangeobject.space/@silvermoon82/110969122337810598
yeah, I'm familiar with the mechanism, but it's still google fucking with user data under the "well, it's stored on our servers" excuse
I should see if I can find that one where goog was killing someone's stuff in their gdocs for the same reason
I should have said "it sounds worse", really
i honestly have no wordsanymore for..well..this, like what the hell
But wasn't it closed like a decade ago? Maybe that's a malware website and Google is helping
yeah! I fucking love when a corporation decides to “help” me without my prior consent and with no ability to reverse their stupid decision afterward either
a hellmark of so many the sfba hyperscale shitters is the intentional lack of a support department (again often paired with "visit our community forums", which I guess is a useful datapoint for inclusion in elsethread @self?)
Google might be "helping" in this instance, but the fact that they even can is disturbing. They shouldn't be snooping on your bookmarks list, period.
They snoop on way, way, way, way, way more than just this. Probably and demonstrably.
I can find you some URLs for reference later if you wish)
Yeah, and that's not good either.
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/googles-surveillance-the-shocking-truth/ was one I saw earlier, but you'll find a number of instances when you go looking
clippy was also helping