Are Chromebooks safe?

[JcMack]

I want to buy a chrome book. I don't like tablets. Are Chrome books safe with all that cloud baloney? Maybe I'm better off with a similar device with WIN10?

 

[Ozark Marine]

I use a ACER Chromebook 15.
Never any viruses or other problems.
Just can't post pics.

 

[Muss Muggins]

Just my opinion, but I consider Google ahead of FaceBook in qualifying as the devil incarnate, only because most of the information you give FaceBook, you give voluntarily . . .

 

[Watchdog]

I do not trust The Cloud. Anyone's Cloud. At all. Period.

 

[ditrina]

I do not trust The Cloud. Anyone's Cloud. At all. Period.

I would venture a guess that the feeling is mutual

 

[ace22]

I do not trust The Cloud. Anyone's Cloud. At all. Period.

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[bigwheelzip]

Like any device, it's just a tool. The question is, Is this a tool that is good enough for my needs?

Should I Buy a Chromebook? Buying Guide and Advice

 

[gman51]

I didn't have anything Google on my PC till I added Firefox. Now by the new main page change I get ads and pages suggested for my viewing that I have no doubt my web surfing is totally tracked now by some Google tracking program using Firefox. I never got those till I started using Firefox. I don't want anything to do with Google Chrome anything.

 

[doublesharp]

I've been using one very similar to this for a couple years and love it. My wife has one, too. This Acer recertified store often has some sweet email blast deals depending how big of a hurry you're in.

I use a Win10 desktop for my main computer and the cb for portability. A tablet or a phone is a joke for my eyes.

https://acerrecertified.com/acer-ch...gb-ram-32gb-flash-chrome-os-cb315-1ht-c9ua-1/

 

[Telecaster]

Is the cloud safe?

Is life safe?

Nope, and nope.

 

[Ματθιας]

I didn't have anything Google on my PC till I added Firefox. Now by the new main page change I get ads and pages suggested for my viewing that I have no doubt my web surfing is totally tracked now by some Google tracking program using Firefox. I never got those till I started using Firefox. I don't want anything to do with Google Chrome anything.

You can take disable tracking by going to Preferences and selecting privacy and security.

 

[JcMack]

Thanks for all responses. I'm afraid of Google and the cloud. For now I'll stick with my abacus and stereopticon.

 

[ACORN]

You can take disable tracking by going to lPreferences and selecting privacy and security.

But how do you REALLY know you’ve turned it off? Maybe they’ll use “double secret” tracking.
Knowing what we know about big tech and their abilities to data mine, I don’t trust them.

 

[Wise_A]

I didn't have anything Google on my PC till I added Firefox. Now by the new main page change I get ads and pages suggested for my viewing that I have no doubt my web surfing is totally tracked now by some Google tracking program using Firefox. I never got those till I started using Firefox. I don't want anything to do with Google Chrome anything.

Okay. Wow.

*Firefox is from Mozilla. And is not bad. Not my favorite browser (I'm an Opera hipster), but not bad.
*The suggested viewing thing is just the Firefox opening page. Most of it is sponsored, and probably 80% of it is random. The other 20% is just the pages you look at the most.

Remember, kids:

Everybody knows what you're doing online.

Nobody cares, you're just not that interesting.

 

[H Richard]

When using Firefox just just delete your history before closing down every time. Of course you will not keep any of your sign on's, so you will have to sign on with every visit, or as I do, clear everything, then set the history clear for "today" then visit the Forum sign on, close out and shut down. Don't start up again until the next day. Your Forum sign on will be there but nothing else. As long as you just clear everything through "today" you will be O.K.

 

[Ματθιας]

But how do you REALLY know you’ve turned it off? Maybe they’ll use “double secret” tracking.
Knowing what we know about big tech and their abilities to data mine, I don’t trust them.

When I use Firefox I'm not getting adverts from tracking websites that I've been to, like for example walmart or optics planet.

The only thing I can tell people who are worried about being tracked by websites on your browsing habits or the .gov is to not go online. Ever.

BTW your ISP tracks and knows, like Santa Clause.

I'm one fish in a sea of hundreds of millions of other fish.

 

[Old TexMex]

“To think what the Stasi went through to spy on us. Even they couldn't dream of a world in which citizens voluntarily carried tracking devices, conducted self-surveillance and reported on themselves, morning, noon and night.”
― Adam Johnson, Fortune Smiles

 

[Muss Muggins]

And Google has admitted that disabling tracking doesn’t disable tracking. . .

Google Is Still Tracking You—Even with Location History Disabled - Tech+Life

You can take disable tracking by going to Preferences and selecting privacy and security.

 

[Ματθιας]

And Google has admitted that disabling tracking doesn’t disable tracking. . .

Google Is Still Tracking You—Even with Location History Disabled - Tech+Life

The article is talking about being tracked, literally, with a smart phone as one travels around and having a google account.*

I think, we're talking about websites tracking online activities.

*I don't have a smartphone nor a google account.

 

[Muss Muggins]

Well then try this one:

Google sells the future, powered by your personal data

The article is talking about being tracked, literally, with a smart phone as one travels around and having a google account.*

I think, we're talking about websites tracking online activities.

*I don't have a smartphone nor a google account.