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Google has a VPN service now (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by paraphrand@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Ahh so you can pay them to serve you ads now! Neat!

[–] Arda1@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah GOOGLE for privacy...

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For a year or two.

[–] pijon@lemdro.id 7 points 1 year ago

It was launched almost 3 years ago.

[–] communistcapy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

Lol

[–] lemmy@lemmy.stonansh.org 5 points 1 year ago

Lol

[–] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the incognito hand puppet meme

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Chrome now won't open an incognito window unless you're signed into a regular window.

If you try, it just opens a regular window and tells you to sign in.

[–] Mane25@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

As someone who's not used Chrome for a while, what does it mean to be "signed into a regular widow"? Does it mean signed in to a Google account with cookies that can be seen by a regular browser tab, or is there some login process to the actual browser itself these days?

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[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

You couldn't pay me dawg

[–] kworpy@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If someone wants to use a VPN then they clearly care about privacy, which means they definitely know about Google's business practices. In conclusion, nobody is gonna be stupid enough to use this.

[–] crab@monero.town 3 points 1 year ago

VPNs can be a tool for privacy but 99% of the time someone is tricked into thinking it's antivirus by a nordvpn ad

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[–] lunicoDee@feddit.it 4 points 1 year ago

Don't get scroogled

[–] Gazumi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Oh gooodie! When can I sign up to gift more data (sarcasm)

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think this is a feature of Google One subscription. Is it free for non-subscribers?

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