> is /more/ respectful of privacy than most of the tech industry,
I see you haven't used the new, privacy busting Windows 11 OS, yet?
I see you haven't used the new, privacy busting Windows 11 OS, yet?
Pavlov (one of the other comments) has it right with the Overton window comment:
- Compared to ChromeOS or Android, Windows 11 is the ultimate in privacy.
- Compared to Google Docs, Office 365 is the ultimate in privacy
... and so on.
With Google's or Meta's surveillance infrastructure, if we get a Putin, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, or similar (and I'm by no means trying to equate those individuals), individuals who checked their data in will be !@#$%ed.
On the other hand, I don't feel like people are putting themselves in danger using Windows 11.
Personally, I use Ubuntu + emacs + libreoffice.
I'm trying to imagine how Google Docs could be worse than Microsoft Word stored in your One Drive, or Microsoft Word Online. Both services don't access your private word document unless required by law enforcement.
1) Android keeps a log of everywhere I've been. It randomly turns on Google Assistant and records my voice. There is a ton of telemetrics going to Google, and no way to know what it is.
2) Google Docs literally keeps a keystroke-by-keystroke log of everything I've ever typed into Google Docs. If you typed the n-word and erased it 3 seconds later, that's in your permanent record.
3) Google lies about what data it collects and stores. Your Google Export won't include things like #2. That's a violation of GDPR.
As a footnote, #3 came up when I had my GSuite account attacked by an insider. I couldn't do forensics without a security up-sell. I wanted to know what IPs had accessed my accounts, at what times, and what they did. That kind of auditability once one tier up -- if I switched away from the (at the time free) tier, permanently.