On 9/22/19 10:41 AM, Thomas Groman wrote:
... When it comes to calendering, NextCloud is great
for this. It can provide both a web interface and CalDav services for
integration within Thunderbird, CalCurse-caldav, android, or anything
else than handles caldav...
You make some good points, but also demonstrate the level to which
google is embedded in software development. In recommending ways to get
away from google's tracking, you mentioned compatibility with Android,
which renders all efforts to afford the problem meaningless. Tracking
that is baked into the OS affects all apps running within that OS, so
you have to stop using android. Also stop mentioning it.
Not that I'm the best example of this, writing from my gmail account.
Another example of OS-level integration is systemd. systemd defaults to
google's nameservers when no others are provided. It's a fallback
mechanism if standard DNS configuration fails, and is implemented at
compile time. Like you mentioned, it's more than just IP tracking, you
need to start rejecting entire chunks of your OS stack if you want to
actually get away from google's profile building.
It's pretty disgusting these days. Distros like Debian and Ubuntu
working behind the scenes to sell out the community. Even Mozilla links
up with all those API's, making a weak claim that their use for tracking
is totally different from everyone else's. They still send data to
google servers....
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