September 29, 2016
Pixiv
So I recently signed up for Pixiv, since I was able to do it without having a Japanese IP address any more, and using a Google+ ID.
But there's one disturbing thing going on. The tie in to Google+ isn't JUST when you've logged in apparently, because periodically, frequently, and at rather disturbing times a little thing pops up at the bottom of your window saying something like "Welcome Back" and G+ logo. That tells me that Google knows now what page I'm on, JUST the kind of thing you want when looking at ecchi.... (It's bad enough to be tracked with web beacons and that kind of crap, but THIS is just leering over your shoulder creepy.)
I also recently signed up for a free CrunchyRoll account so I could watch some of To Love Ru. Which I've concluded is basically Urusei Yatsura for a new generation.
But there's one disturbing thing going on. The tie in to Google+ isn't JUST when you've logged in apparently, because periodically, frequently, and at rather disturbing times a little thing pops up at the bottom of your window saying something like "Welcome Back" and G+ logo. That tells me that Google knows now what page I'm on, JUST the kind of thing you want when looking at ecchi.... (It's bad enough to be tracked with web beacons and that kind of crap, but THIS is just leering over your shoulder creepy.)
I also recently signed up for a free CrunchyRoll account so I could watch some of To Love Ru. Which I've concluded is basically Urusei Yatsura for a new generation.
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I was at Pixiv for a long time and I never had to use any kind of proxy or Google ID.
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at September 30, 2016 01:24 PM (XOPVE)
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So I suppose the real question is, how to unlink it from Google.
Posted by: Mauser at September 30, 2016 04:37 PM (5Ktpu)
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So there was one way of removing Google as a Social Media thing in the Pixiv Preferences, but that wasn't enough, Google had a pixiv "app" that I had to disconnect in the google account settings.
Hopefully that won't be necessary if I ever connect to Pixiv from another computer.
But a FAR worse example of this came at me from nVidia. They now require some kind of login account to get their "GeForce Experience" program to run and update your drivers or capture video. I went to their forum and boy folks are unhappy.
Hopefully that won't be necessary if I ever connect to Pixiv from another computer.
But a FAR worse example of this came at me from nVidia. They now require some kind of login account to get their "GeForce Experience" program to run and update your drivers or capture video. I went to their forum and boy folks are unhappy.
Posted by: Mauser at October 16, 2016 08:36 AM (5Ktpu)
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