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Lol, get fucked Google (lemmy.world)
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For reasons that boggle my mind, I am required to keep a Google account for work (ties into some proprietary software the company uses)

Earlier today, I got the following -

Yes, I’m certain people under the age of 16 are known for their use of very specific EHR software that requires professional license to subscribe to in the first place. Makes perfect sense.

Anyone else get one of these “for you protection” msgs from Big evil?

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[-] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

I got these as well. Can't wait to set up my own Peertube instance and then I can delete my google account

[-] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 hours ago

Ai generate an adult face, display it on a display, point camera at it, "selfie", ???, profit

Scratch that. Draw a face. See if that works. I bet you could draw a face well enough to fool the detection software.

[-] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

Oh for sure I could...but should I have to?

The whole thing is bass-ackwards.

I reckon I'll just leave it and see what happens. If it shits itself - awesome. Business case then and there for ditching big Evil.

We don't need this shit, no one asked us our opinion on using it, it just .... "became a requirement to have a Google account" one day.

[-] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 hours ago

Oh absolutely not.. yeah no, don't comply with that by any means, and encourage everybody else not to, too. I'm all for good progress and love tech, but I love it in a "it should serve us way, not the other way around.

[-] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 16 points 21 hours ago

At least here in Canada it is illegal to share employees personal information without their consent, and I don't consent to giving my id to anyone. They can't fire you for not consenting. We can't do business with any company that does their customer support through Discord as a result. Discord fucked themselves so hard in the corporate world. If it requires personal id EU can't do business on it.

[-] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 132 points 1 day ago

Personalized ads are off
Timeline is off

I see this as an absolute win, keep not knowing my age!

[-] kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 hours ago

Data gathering and analysis is still happening in the background. They just won't show you these 2 things in the frontend.

[-] Jesus_666@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago

Right. Safe Search doesn't matter because Google Search has been outclassed for a while now. There's no drawbacks... other than the fact that apparently OP gets told about this every single day.

[-] aReallyCrunchyLeaf@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

They will nuke your account after 14-30 days if you don't comply.

[-] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

Really? That's... astonishing.

You know what? I hope they do that. So long as they give fair warning, so I don't rock up to work one day and no longer have access to work files / OAuth / 2FA without warning.

They send an email, I can escalate. Not my problem then.

[-] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Mine still works years after they sent me those messages

[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 4 points 23 hours ago

is this true? i think i have some few old google accounts i used to use, guess i should see if i can login and backup some data if there's any left...

[-] UnimportantHuman@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago

Man I got Google accounts I can't even log into cuz I never saved my passwords when I was younger

[-] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago

My Google account itself is over 18. I wonder if that's verification enough.

[-] zerobot@lemmy.wtf 18 points 23 hours ago

it could be passed down from your parents, fairly common to register emails for your unborn children, otherwise the cool ones might be taken by the time they are concieved and in need of an email. personally, i have reserved emails for many generations to come, my eventual grandchildren will have dope emails

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 9 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

How do you know the names of your unborn grandchildren of your unborn children?

[-] zerobot@lemmy.wtf 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

because if they are not named as i predicted they will be missing out on some crazy cool email registrations so it'd be insane of their parents not to take advantage, just doesn't make sense

[-] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 21 points 21 hours ago

I registered xx_n00bslayer420_xx just in case any of my grand kids are named that

[-] zerobot@lemmy.wtf 1 points 8 hours ago

fuck, i wanted this one too 😤

[-] UnimportantHuman@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago

Didn't know you could give birth to millennials these days!

[-] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

Nope. I got the verification email on my 20 year old account just the other day

[-] TotalCourage007@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

Mine went away, admins must realize I won't comply before hell freezes over.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 66 points 1 day ago

Not your problem. Call tech support.

[-] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 11 points 22 hours ago

That one Tech support who downvoted you. I mean yes it's a headache for them but they should also make sure to have backup options for BYOD or whatever the f is in this case

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 8 points 21 hours ago

I hate that we live in a world where a selfie is now an official form of ID. My bank wanted one the other day to use their app so I just deleted it lol, get fucked

[-] atropa@piefed.social 58 points 1 day ago

Google tried for 3 months to get me to respond to their mail messages every day, now 1 year later I am glad I took the step to degoogle.

As a search engine I usually use No Ai DDG, searX,swiss cows,startpage. Browser is vanadium, ironfox,cromite on phone .

Librewolf or zen on linux laptop.

Filen as cloud storage.

Posteo.com as a mail provider

[-] Cranjis_McBasketball@piefed.world 12 points 1 day ago

I'm de-Googling right now, and I'm trying out Kagi for search. It's paid, but so far I'm liking it. No ads, and very customizable in that you can boost or lower results from specific sites, among other things.

[-] versionc@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Something to keep in mind is that Kagi is sponsoring Russia's war against Ukraine through their business with Yandex.

[-] FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Honest question: if you're paying for Kagi, how is that different than using a credit card for verification with Google? It would seem to me that you're willingly connecting your identity in either case. Maybe i'm wrong.

[-] Cranjis_McBasketball@piefed.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Cheat code: Have your employer pay for it. ;)

A more serious answer is, you could use an anonymous payment card, or apparently crypto as well, if that's your threat model. I'm not looking for total anonymity, but theoretically paying for the service means you are a customer and not the product. No ads/paid search rankings, no tracking, no selling your data to third parties. Yes, I do use uBlock Origin, I could block ads on DDG or whatever, but that doesn't seem like a sustainable business model. I'm kinda rethinking the services I use and how much they are worth to me. I'm not here to sell you on it, I'm on day two of my Kagi subscription, but so far I like what I see.

Edit: I don't think I really answered your question. Kagi isn't in a position to be an identity verifier, and it doesn't look like they have any interest or requirement to do that. It is looking more and more like Google/Meta/et al will be policing the Internet, and I just want no part of it. Google will absolutely sell your data to third parties. Kagi says they will never do so. I don't know how they'd prove that, but I hope they are true to their word.

[-] FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I'm a proponent of privacy for the sake of privacy and as a right. Anonymity is the only way to ensure privacy. Seeking privacy does not inherently imply nefarious intent (not that you explicitly said it does). Sounds like Kagi wouldn't be a good choice for me. And that's OK. Thanks for answering my Q!

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[-] stephen@lazysoci.al 4 points 1 day ago

I’ve been using Kagi for a couple years now and it’s been terrific.

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[-] maj@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

Another filen and posteo user here. Both are great

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[-] Lanske@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

I have to work with Microslop at work, i feel your pain

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 day ago

Since porno sites are limited to 18+ people, I suggest you could authenticate yourself by providing the link to a very specific type of videos

[-] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 20 points 1 day ago

Just send them a pic of your dick wearing sunglasses, your dick has to be 18+ for that to be legal.

[-] Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago

just upload the McLovin id from Superbad as your id. problem solved

[-] hamid@crazypeople.online 7 points 1 day ago

I don't really use it but I wonder if my google account I've had since 2007 will get flagged

[-] racoon@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

My work Microsoft profile as a civil servant in an American subject estate in Europe doesn’t require these documents. I gather my employer is swiftly providing them in my stead at the double

[-] HawtP0tat0@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago

As an American sysadmin that mainly works in a mainly google house, there is literally just a checkbox that says 'The users in this OU are 18+'. Can't say for MS though.

[-] emotional_soup_88@programming.dev 12 points 1 day ago

I'm so sorry. :(

My workplace hasn't forces Big Evil upon us yet, but I think it's just a matter of time. Whenever that happens, I'll buy the cheapest off brand phone for that purpose.

[-] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 day ago

Work should buy you the phone 🤷

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[-] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Speaking of Google: has anybody noticed how unbearably slow Google sites are lately?

I almost never use Google search anymore. But I hit it the other day because I couldn't find some really obscure kernel error message, and the damn thing froze Firefox. And it did so repeatedly and consistently after restarting the browser, until I killed almost all Google scripts in uBO.

The same "experience" can be felt on any Google site, like Map.

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