Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s back door
This is Google not only intercepting people's smartphone traffic, but a lot more:<p>- Google will send you a router to intercept your entire household's internet traffic on all devices with a browser (<a href="https://support.google.com/audiencemeasurement/answer/7574391?hl=en&ref_topic=7573819" rel="nofollow">https://support.google.com/audiencemeasurement/answer/757439...</a>)<p>- Google will send you a device that listens 24/7 to audio in the room to figure out what you are watching on TV and listening to (<a href="https://support.google.com/audiencemeasurement/answer/7574764?hl=en&ref_topic=7562482" rel="nofollow">https://support.google.com/audiencemeasurement/answer/757476...</a>)<p>- Google's project includes tracking of desktop and laptop internet activity via a browser extension that can basically read literally anything you do online (<a href="https://support.google.com/audiencemeasurement/answer/7574481?hl=en&ref_topic=7573811" rel="nofollow">https://support.google.com/audiencemeasurement/answer/757448...</a>)<p>This isn't just trying to figure out what new up-and-coming apps are going to be the next big thing, this is Google building out very far-reaching profiles of your entire household, in return for some gift cards. This is signing away your family's entire digital life (and a significant part of anyone they interact with in a browser).