Blaze@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agoGoogle's practice of requiring Gmail addresses for user accounts is illegal, according to a German court ruling. The parent company of GMX and Web.de (Ionos) had filed a lawsuit.www.zdfheute.deexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1419
arrow-up1419external-linkGoogle's practice of requiring Gmail addresses for user accounts is illegal, according to a German court ruling. The parent company of GMX and Web.de (Ionos) had filed a lawsuit.www.zdfheute.deBlaze@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-squareVanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoJust make the account for the one-off situation, store it in keepass and never give them anything more. The cold method. You get what you ask for, nothing more, like we’re all dead end employees and it’s just another ask.
minus-squaretriplenadir@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 year agoGood luck signing up without giving a working phone number… Also, “just sign up for a google account” is a very weird take for a privacy community?
Just make the account for the one-off situation, store it in keepass and never give them anything more.
The cold method. You get what you ask for, nothing more, like we’re all dead end employees and it’s just another ask.
Good luck signing up without giving a working phone number…
Also, “just sign up for a google account” is a very weird take for a privacy community?