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In reply to the discussion: Why You Suddenly Need To Delete Google Chrome [View all]erronis
(22,274 posts)27. The darn thing is, we don't know if these anti-snoopware apps work.
We read reviews and trust those reviews. Even some well-known sites are known to peddle junk.
The only way to know if your information is leaking to the outside world is to establish a permanent log in your firewall (we trust that, right?) and make sure that every connection seems to be legit.
However all packets are now encrypted so looking at data being sent to some mother ship is probably not possible.
And good spies will notice that you are monitoring traffic. Hold off on sending stuff until your guard is down. Switch recipients as needed.
Cat and mouse.
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Same here with Apple. I don't use its cloud, either, just an external Big Byte hard drive,
ancianita
Oct 2021
#34
cant use chrome . too much of a memory hog and stomps all over other things .
AllaN01Bear
Oct 2021
#11
I would bet the farm that there are a lot of other apps that do a lot worse things. Not a big fan
yaesu
Oct 2021
#16
Great post! Of course just staying off the internet and banking system might help.
erronis
Oct 2021
#29
No, dont tell me what to do, they can track me from Amazon to Pornhub, I dont care, lol
Shanti Shanti Shanti
Oct 2021
#68