https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why-im-leaving-chrome/
From now on, every time you log into a Google property (for example, Gmail), Chrome will automatically sign the browser into your Google account for you. […] Google developers claim this will not actually start synchronizing your data to Google — yet.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/world/europe/youtube-far-right-extremism.html
the platform’s recommendation system consistently directed people toward extremist videos on the riots — then on to far-right videos on other subjects.
https://theintercept.com/2018/08/28/google-china-censorship-plan-human-rights/
represents “an alarming capitulation by Google on human rights” and could result in the company “directly contributing to, or [becoming] complicit in, human rights violations.”
https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/24/fortnites-android-installer-shipped-with-an-epic-security-flaw/
[made] Fortnite available for Android via its own website instead of Google’s Play Store.
had a … security flaw in it that would allow a malicious actor to essentially install any software
https://www.adweek.com/digital/google-is-collecting-your-data-even-when-your-phone-isnt-in-use/
An idle Android device sent Google 900 data samples in 24 hours
https://apnews.com/828aefab64d4411bac257a07c1af0ecb
Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.
Type the word “dog” into Google Translate 19 times, request that the nonsensical message be flipped from Maori into English, and out pops what appears to be a garbled religious prophecy.