New G mail address.

[Oldhippy]

Mrs Oldhippy is my technology boffin and apparently she goes to settings and disables it then uninstalled it I'm told.

 

[ColinJ]

Google said...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/224036131725?ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F710-53481-19255-0%2F1%3Ftype%3D4%26pub%3D5575407436%26toolid%3D10034%26campid%3D5338353466%26mpre%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.ebay.co.uk%252Fi%252F224036131725%26customid%3Ds%253AGS%253Bgc%253ACj0KCQjw28T8BRDbARIsAEOMBcyHcW-_euqMaNTDXULaNAZIhDq63H9VrWYwITBx-z3MNXCgxtso3GkaAkNOEALw_wcB%253Bpt%253A1%253Bnott%253A1%26ul_ref%3Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Frover.ebay.co.uk%25252Frover%25252F1%25252F710-53481-19255-0%25252F1%25253Ftype%25253D4%252526pub%25253D5575407436%252526toolid%25253D10034%252526campid%25253D5338353466%252526mpre%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Frover.ebay.com%2525252Frover%2525252F1%2525252F710-53481-19255-0%2525252F1%2525253Ftype%2525253D4%25252526pub%2525253D5575407436%25252526toolid%2525253D10034%25252526campid%2525253D5338353466%25252526mpre%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.ebay.co.uk%252525252Fi%252525252F224036131725%25252526customid%2525253Ds%252525253AGS%252525253Bgc%252525253ACj0KCQjw28T8BRDbARIsAEOMBcyHcW-_euqMaNTDXULaNAZIhDq63H9VrWYwITBx-z3MNXCgxtso3GkaAkNOEALw_wcB%252525253Bpt%252525253A1%252525253Bnott%252525253A1%252526customid%25253Ds%2525253AGS%2525253Bgc%2525253ACj0KCQjw28T8BRDbARIsAEOMBcyHcW-_euqMaNTDXULaNAZIhDq63H9VrWYwITBx-z3MNXCgxtso3GkaAkNOEALw_wcB%2525253Bpt%2525253A1%2525253Bnott%2525253A2%252526srcrot%25253D710-53481-19255-0%252526rvr_id%25253D0%252526rvr_ts%25253D50f501011750a99b1b162cfdffcc85b7%26dashenId%3D6725067489764237312%26dashenCnt%3D1%26srcrot%3D710-53481-19255-0%26rvr_id%3D2653616069459%26rvr_ts%3D50f504d81750aaecbfc011cafeab5439

Or even ... THE SHORTER VERSION!

 

[swee'pea99]

Google knows everything.....

I swear it listens to your phones - we were discussing this at work, about how you can talk about something, then you'll get pop ups on your web browsing about what you've talked about.

As I messaged a friend only yesterday afternoon, after logging onto CycleChat:

They know where you live.

 

[welsh dragon]

You don't have to have gmail. There are lots of others you can use, and you can shut your face book settings down to private so that only people you know and allow to see your posts can reply.

And you don't need to use Google either. Duck duck go, and fox are available as well as Bing etc.

 

[Brandane]

What's does "uninstalling Google" involve ?

Google it.

 

[itboffin]

As per my username i work in IT in fact I predate PC home computers of whatever you want to call it, there's nothing wrong with Google or Apple or Microsoft but they do have your data when you use any of their software, they're collecting info from you all the time, dont believe me this is a screenshot from my home security filter, none of these are bad in the big scheme of things but blocking all advertising collection is tricky at best and in many cases if you do you'll lose functionality of the device, software website you're trying to use.

email spam is unforgivable and just should not be allowed, internet service providers could block 99% of it but hey why would they. My personal domain is under attack 24/7 even though they're no website associated with it, anyway as I work in IT i put a professional security tool in front and the results are amazing, but not a surprise to me, its safe to say everyone in the UK online is under attack either daily or at the very least once a week.

Scroll down and see the hackers try to get inside my home, this is just a few lines the real log is hundreds of lines long, daily!

This is the log from my router today, these are random computers probing to see it anything is online in my house

[Service blocked: ICMP_echo_req] from source 107.150.112.182, Thursday, Oct 22,2020 18:18:07
[Service blocked: ICMP_echo_req] from source 103.61.39.154, Thursday, Oct 22,2020 18:17:28
[Service blocked: ICMP_echo_req] from source 18.130.125.41, Thursday, Oct 22,2020 17:32:50
[Service blocked: ICMP_echo_req] from source 45.142.247.157, Thursday, Oct 22,2020 17:31:59
[Service blocked: ICMP_echo_req] from source 3.8.178.85, Thursday, Oct 22,2020 17:09:37
[Service blocked: ICMP_echo_req] from source 3.8.179.42, Thursday, Oct 22,2020 16:05:38

Back to the OP original point about a new email address, spammers can autogenerate millions of random email address and blanket mail them all, so pretty much nothing you can think of as a new address will be spam free.

Once you start using your new email address start highlighting these emails as spam and Google will learn patterns and begin very successfully blocking them for you. The spam icon is the exclamation one next to the bin.

 

[Drago]

My phone is so old it doesnt even have an aircraft mode.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Google said...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/224036131725

A bit of an edit to remove the enormous tracking link.

 

[Jody]

Android phone?

You beat me to it. Doesn't matter what you uninstall or use as Google owns the OS.

 

[Mike Ayling]

You don't have to have gmail. There are lots of others you can use, and you can shut your face book settings down to private so that only people you know and allow to see your posts can reply.

And you don't need to use Google either. Duck duck go, and fox are available as well as Bing etc.

AFAIK Bing is part of Microsoft and should also be avoided.

 

[classic33]

My phone is so old it doesnt even have an aircraft mode.

It even has an internet connection.
And seven years isn't that old.

 

[oldwheels]

I have a FB account as it was the only way of getting local information during the lockdown. The only correct information they have is an email address and my name. Just noticed a week ago that they have corrected my date of birth. I certainly have not given this to anyone tho' I have to use it for ID at the local health centre. I do not have Alexa or anything of that nature so it must have been collected from somewhere.

 

[BoldonLad]

I have a FB account as it was the only way of getting local information during the lockdown. The only correct information they have is an email address and my name. Just noticed a week ago that they have corrected my date of birth. I certainly have not given this to anyone tho' I have to use it for ID at the local health centre. I do not have Alexa or anything of that nature so it must have been collected from somewhere.

Big brother is watching you

 

[itboffin]

so ignoring all of this big brother type posts above I beg you all not to post online details of your holibobs (when we can again) because this is an open door to thieves / burglars, its so easy to track people now and you telling everyone your away for 1-2 weeks is not a great idea.