<![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://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/604138a4-177c-4fc7-b9d0-7d9bae3a3105/looks-like-chromebook-is-being-replaced-with-something-called-googlebook-and-it-is-full-scale-microsoft-style-surveillance-pc.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 01:56:51 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 12:02:49 GMT]]>@mcc
My kid is requires to have a chromebook for school so we are teaching our children to accept big brother watching every move our children make, whether awake or asleep.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/NMBA/statuses/116567164172752001https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/NMBA/statuses/116567164172752001Wed, 13 May 2026 12:02:49 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 11:53:21 GMT]]>@Secret_Squirrel @jrdepriest @mcc Personally I believe that if anyone is capable of doing a successful - that isn't a thing ( ) or designed to compete as a commercial endeavour ( @e_mydata / ), it's gonna be @LineageOS / …

- 's "My way or the Highway!" - approach makes them so toxic that I'd rather daily-drive on an 80x25 terminal as my sole device than having to deal with the former…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116567126913743241https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116567126913743241Wed, 13 May 2026 11:53:21 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 11:49:20 GMT]]>@ophis @mcc @xgranade Here’s a link that explains the differences between the two versions. The company’s product page doesn’t even mention the US version. https://www.phonearena.com/news/the-us-version-of-the-barbie-phone-is-better-than-the-global-one_id161984

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedi01.unicornsparkle.club/users/sabrina/statuses/01KRGJQ16FMVZGJX3Z1JT0DMTWhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedi01.unicornsparkle.club/users/sabrina/statuses/01KRGJQ16FMVZGJX3Z1JT0DMTWWed, 13 May 2026 11:49:20 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 11:45:14 GMT]]>@lienrag

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@BoloMKXXVIII @mcc

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Orb2069/statuses/116567095032733318https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Orb2069/statuses/116567095032733318Wed, 13 May 2026 11:45:14 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 11:39:40 GMT]]>@Secret_Squirrel @jrdepriest @mcc they don't even try as they purposefully kneecapcthemselves with arbitrary reasons to bot support repairable devices, relying on security blackbox ICs for their ROMs.

- Like don't even get @stman ob how much of a self-sabotage it is, when 's (!!!) are on public display…

TelH90 (@kkarhan@c.im)

@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social I never trusted #BitLocker with it's #Govware - #Backdoor anyway! - Cuz now people put that trust into some #BackBox IC (#TPM) that is usually soldered down on the board that may or may not be #exploitable from the factory (whether due to #bugs, #incompetence or "Export Restrictions #Compliance" is irrelevant for the affected End-Users!)… - If (for some horrible reason that I refuse to acknowledge as legitimate!) someone needs a #Windows machine BUT with #FullDiskEncryption, they should use the only REAL #FDE: #VeraCrypt! #CensorBoot never was about #Security… - Calling it "#SecureBoot" is adopting the enemy's #Propaganda-Speak!

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116567073123589193https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116567073123589193Wed, 13 May 2026 11:39:40 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 10:36:13 GMT]]>@jrdepriest @kkarhan @mcc It's my current solution. The only thing I worry about is that Google controls AOSP. I don't know if Graphene could pivot from being a fork to being a full OS by themselves.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Secret_Squirrel/statuses/116566823653184888https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Secret_Squirrel/statuses/116566823653184888Wed, 13 May 2026 10:36:13 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 10:33:30 GMT]]>@mcc
Basically, unless you use Linux or BSD, you don't actually own a computer any more.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.org.uk/users/wyliecoyoteuk/statuses/116566812949860080https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.org.uk/users/wyliecoyoteuk/statuses/116566812949860080Wed, 13 May 2026 10:33:30 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 09:31:40 GMT]]>@mcc
"Built for Gemini" sounds ominous.
@cstross

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.coffee/users/xinit/statuses/116566569797324241https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.coffee/users/xinit/statuses/116566569797324241Wed, 13 May 2026 09:31:40 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 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 like .

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

- The whole idea is bad 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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116566553244138250https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/AbramKedge/statuses/116566438972118356https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/brainsuxx666/statuses/116566414955951706https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/marjolica/statuses/116566412557397123https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.org.uk/users/dick_turpin/statuses/116566406866817848https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/woo/statuses/116566399660000783https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/dreamos82/statuses/116566389117530985https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hostux.social/users/TheLancashireman/statuses/116566375673891905https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://peoplemaking.games/ap/users/115979384448575011/statuses/116566362730448608https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://peoplemaking.games/ap/users/115979384448575011/statuses/116566332538901497https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.tedomum.net/users/lienrag/statuses/116566319042062871https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.org.uk/users/dick_turpin/statuses/116566307239826490https://board.circlewithadot.net/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. 😩

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.es/users/abslutebeginner/statuses/116566303088814766https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/marjolica/statuses/116566300699810120https://board.circlewithadot.net/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 😡

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gush.taks.garden/note/05f2c7f6-b226-44df-8834-0b3118db49ebhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/f4grx/statuses/116566054240410118https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/f4grx/statuses/116566054240410118Wed, 13 May 2026 07:20:33 GMT