<![CDATA[Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC.]]>Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. Apparently anytime you "wiggle your cursor" anything that is underneath the cursor gets fed into Google's surveillance AI https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/meet-googlebook/

One of these things that makes me consider detecting the platform from my webserver and blocking it entirely because the probability of whatever I wrote becoming an LLM input is too high

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/55630d30-9c9d-4319-a9f2-1479e9a31c11/looks-like-chromebook-is-being-replaced-with-something-called-googlebook-and-it-is-full-scale-microsoft-style-surveillance-pc.RSS for NodeWed, 13 May 2026 21:50:56 GMTTue, 12 May 2026 21:52:37 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 09:27:27 GMT]]>@jrdepriest @mcc well, I don't buy that ain't the only ones, but they made up excuses why they don't want to talk to others.

As for "" it's their caving-in on -like features for "" and other shite that demands absurd controls.

- The whole idea is absurd because "Device Attestation" against will "succeed" on a Garbage Phone (running an outdated & insecure version) from the "P.R." China (laced with from the factory/exporter in the ) but "fail" on a with @e_mydata / running the latest supported version ...

It's the same shite as , , and other , but worse!!!

- And we all know how that went well...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-wyIalhdPU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8ltfyqD3lM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV3rsPEZAQg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q-tc38hHiY

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116566553244138250https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116566553244138250Wed, 13 May 2026 09:27:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 08:58:24 GMT]]>@mcc Googlebog

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/AbramKedge/statuses/116566438972118356https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/AbramKedge/statuses/116566438972118356Wed, 13 May 2026 08:58:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 08:52:17 GMT]]>@mcc or a Linux phone is an option too

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/brainsuxx666/statuses/116566414955951706https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/brainsuxx666/statuses/116566414955951706Wed, 13 May 2026 08:52:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 08:51:40 GMT]]>@TheLancashireman @jonfr600 @mcc I think it might be a S-Series thing. Samsung were very big on selling it as AI capable. All I wanted was the smallest phone possible, 3 camera lenses and a long support cycle. Though I'm starting to worry about the last if later Android versions remove the "AI" optionality and ruin the UI (like Apple seemingly has with Liquid Glass). I'd just be happy with getting security updates.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/marjolica/statuses/116566412557397123https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/marjolica/statuses/116566412557397123Wed, 13 May 2026 08:51:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 08:50:14 GMT]]>@woo Apparently, now, it's "Do the right thing", which is even more hysterical. And to think everyone wanted to be associated with them when they first appeared.

@mcc

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.org.uk/users/dick_turpin/statuses/116566406866817848https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.org.uk/users/dick_turpin/statuses/116566406866817848Wed, 13 May 2026 08:50:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 08:48:24 GMT]]>@dick_turpin @mcc If I may be pedantic: it was "Do no evil", which I think meant "Don't get caught doing evil". It is now clear that the people at the top were always evil and now feel they have enough money and power that they don't feel the need to hide it. Like Trumper.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/woo/statuses/116566399660000783https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/woo/statuses/116566399660000783Wed, 13 May 2026 08:48:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 08:45:43 GMT]]>@romion00bie @mcc I see you were mentioning the C2, usually they come back after few weeks (reason i preordered the jolla phone was because the c2 was sold out when i wanted to order it, i suggest wait few weeks, and it should be back hopefully)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/dreamos82/statuses/116566389117530985https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/dreamos82/statuses/116566389117530985Wed, 13 May 2026 08:45:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 08:42:18 GMT]]>@marjolica @jonfr600 @mcc

I don't appear to have Galaxy AI on my A54 (yet). Also Android 16

Gemini is disabled.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hostux.social/users/TheLancashireman/statuses/116566375673891905https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hostux.social/users/TheLancashireman/statuses/116566375673891905Wed, 13 May 2026 08:42:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 08:39:00 GMT]]>@mcc time to build a cyberdeck istg

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://peoplemaking.games/ap/users/115979384448575011/statuses/116566362730448608https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://peoplemaking.games/ap/users/115979384448575011/statuses/116566362730448608Wed, 13 May 2026 08:39:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 08:31:20 GMT]]>@otte_homan @zambezi @mcc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geofence_warrant

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://peoplemaking.games/ap/users/115979384448575011/statuses/116566332538901497https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://peoplemaking.games/ap/users/115979384448575011/statuses/116566332538901497Wed, 13 May 2026 08:31:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 08:27:54 GMT]]>@BoloMKXXVIII

Yep.
Never tried myself, but apparently installing Linux on chromebooks is doable.
A real PITA, but doable.
Which makes ARM ones very nice bacpack computers : very light and with incredible battery life.

@mcc

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.tedomum.net/users/lienrag/statuses/116566319042062871https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.tedomum.net/users/lienrag/statuses/116566319042062871Wed, 13 May 2026 08:27:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 08:24:53 GMT]]>@mcc And to think their strapline used to be: "Don't be evil".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.org.uk/users/dick_turpin/statuses/116566307239826490https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.org.uk/users/dick_turpin/statuses/116566307239826490Wed, 13 May 2026 08:24:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 08:23:50 GMT]]>@mcc Fucking disgrace. šŸ˜©

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.es/users/abslutebeginner/statuses/116566303088814766https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.es/users/abslutebeginner/statuses/116566303088814766Wed, 13 May 2026 08:23:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 08:23:14 GMT]]>@jonfr600 @mcc at the moment Samsung still seem to allow you to turn all the "AI" stuff off on their 'phones'. Most of the switches are even together in one place ("Galaxy AI") in your settings. I do turn all the "AI" off and then my Android 16 S25 is a perfectly usable device.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/marjolica/statuses/116566300699810120https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/marjolica/statuses/116566300699810120Wed, 13 May 2026 08:23:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 08:14:55 GMT]]>@mcc can't wait until my kid's school gives them one of these šŸ˜”

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gush.taks.garden/note/05f2c7f6-b226-44df-8834-0b3118db49ebhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gush.taks.garden/note/05f2c7f6-b226-44df-8834-0b3118db49ebWed, 13 May 2026 08:14:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 07:20:33 GMT]]>@mcc everything visible anywhere is already a llm input, but I understand the initiative.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/f4grx/statuses/116566054240410118https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/f4grx/statuses/116566054240410118Wed, 13 May 2026 07:20:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 07:12:47 GMT]]>@mcc
'Does your computer work without internet' is literally an 'it's complicated' answer at this point.

This is just...not good.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://woof.group/users/Oggie/statuses/116566023672224339https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://woof.group/users/Oggie/statuses/116566023672224339Wed, 13 May 2026 07:12:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 07:08:20 GMT]]>@romion00bie @mcc there is a new batch full price, it has still 556 unuts available. https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-sep-ii-2026

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/dreamos82/statuses/116566006203970669https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/dreamos82/statuses/116566006203970669Wed, 13 May 2026 07:08:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 07:05:32 GMT]]>@mcc wow I thought we were cooked before, but clearly the horrors have other plans

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://peoplemaking.games/ap/users/115979384448575011/statuses/116565995199662432https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://peoplemaking.games/ap/users/115979384448575011/statuses/116565995199662432Wed, 13 May 2026 07:05:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 07:03:01 GMT]]>@dekkzz78 I guess in Europe thereā€™s some legal protections for users but this is many many steps into an Orwellian nightmare. Even if Microsoft copilot sort of fizzled into a joke in media coverage windows users have no choice. Googleā€™s customers neither. No opt out from chrome to which ever other product. Tech media and mainstream media will regurgitate the misleading local on device llm line, as if processing locally means Google doesnā€™t collect all this information. A disaster and like social media, no regulation until itā€™s too late.

@mcc

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/oatmeal/statuses/116565985305104362https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/oatmeal/statuses/116565985305104362Wed, 13 May 2026 07:03:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 06:55:40 GMT]]>@oatmeal @mcc

anything from google is about farming data about users, but you know that already

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/dekkzz78/statuses/116565956395611248https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/dekkzz78/statuses/116565956395611248Wed, 13 May 2026 06:55:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 06:46:47 GMT]]>@mcc Sounds like you haven't heard about the future of ChromeOS and Android.

https://aluminium-os.com/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodontti.fi/users/pahoittelemme/statuses/116565921456369548https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodontti.fi/users/pahoittelemme/statuses/116565921456369548Wed, 13 May 2026 06:46:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 06:38:15 GMT]]>@Ox1de @mcc Youā€™re putting a lot of confidence in Google if you think that ā€deletingā€ your accounts does anything except lock you out of it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/ahltorp/statuses/116565887921074024https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/ahltorp/statuses/116565887921074024Wed, 13 May 2026 06:38:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Looks like Chromebook is being replaced with something called "Googlebook" and it is full-scale Microsoft-style Surveillance PC. on Wed, 13 May 2026 06:22:52 GMT]]>@mcc The surveillance PC mentioned in LITTLE BROTHER will be defeated. And probably in someplace like Canada or Finland or Poland, where they don't care if you threaten the country with tariffs for ignoring DCMA. They already have tariffs.

I'm sure someone will figure out how to overwrite the firmware so you can load linux on the thing. It took how long for Chromebooks to become crap?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/mvilain/statuses/116565827394217325https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/mvilain/statuses/116565827394217325Wed, 13 May 2026 06:22:52 GMT