I finally figured out how to stop Windows 10 from Spying on me

I bought a Chromebook , now I have Google spying on me
 
Kenny

Mesh
They're all spying on you coz they know that bulldog's bringing home those hot chicks!!
 
 

 
That is so true ...everybody loves Duke around here ...me ,they tolerate because somebody has to pick up his poop ..
 
I found out a very interesting thing about the chromebook , it is supposedly much more secure for being online than Win or OSX ...at least that's what folks that like and use them claim ...
If I don't sign in and use it as a guest for web browsing it is even more secure ...
 
Kenny

bapu
Whew, I thought this was "goodbye" fred.

I'm glad your concerned that I may have felt that way ...it means you care
I'm doing my best to hang in over here ......The truth is you guys are stuck with me
 

craigb
Of COURSE a Chromebook is going to be more secure, they're almost completely useless!  Kenny, Kenny, Kenny...  I can't believe you fell for one of these!  
 

 
Hey Craig , 
 
Hhhmm, I  get a Pink Floyd  Facepalm ? ....What an Honor......
 
 
I respect that you have enough  stones in your knickers to step up to the pitchers mound and throw me a pitch
 
 
Right Back at you ..
 

 
I will come back after I do some stuff ...then we can talk about the computer end of things
 
all the best,
 
Kenny
 
 

Hey Craig ,
 
At first I was gonna start this thread over in the computers section and use a title like ,
"Who here uses a Chromebook and do you find them useful ?"  .
Then I said to myself nahh they don't want junk like that over there ...over there it's all about the DAW
 
So I came here and decided to start the thread with a very misleading title ...
 
As we all know , having a very misleading title is a prerequisite here in The Coffee House right baps ...
 
I will admit that your Pink Floyd Facepalm photo motivated me to create my own unique Kenny version of a facepalm ...
The actor I wanted to use was not available because he was very busy doing a landscaping Gig 
+  I enjoy making fun of myself when ever I can ...it cuts the edge and laughter is good for the soul
 
FWIW, I did not take offense to your comments about the chromebook .The truth is I pretty much felt that way myself about them until I actually bought one ...

I'm already loving this thing a lot ...
it takes about a whole 5 to 10 seconds tops to boot ...the online streaming kicks the pants out of every other computer I own ....I can finally watch u tube w out having to suffer ...same w online tutorials  and movies
I'm getting around 10 hours battery time ...
it has USB 2 and 3 and I have already used it VIA both as a way of playing local files off one of my back up hard drives ..
The drive I used is a 500 gig with backups of all my songs video's pdf's and any other number of things
I was surprised to see this thing play  24 bit Wave mix's I have done using it's media player ...MP 3's and all that Jazz it does...fine ...it Plays Mov files , Quick Time Videos ...the only format I couldn't get to play was AVI ...
Reads local PDF's like a champ , has Bluetooth yet I have connected my Bluetooth speaker VIA it's Aux in from the chromebooks headphone out ... the sound quality is no different than when I run the bluetooth speaker from either of my Macs from the head phone out ...
I plan on using this in conjunction with my DAW's in a very simple way ...I can run my DAW's offline with the Wifi off and place this little chromebook along side or close to my DAW so I can surf the web and do things Like watch a tutorial and follow along on my DAW ..or even hang here ...
Now some of the things I will use this for some folks do w their phones ..go online , watch vids ..look up things ..
The thing is I don't enjoy doing that on my phone because I have a generic LG or what ever it is and it sucks ...
 
I have no idea if I will eventually use any of the cloud services or apps  ...time will tell
Already this is so much better for me because I am so fed up with Windows constantly trying to nag me to death whenever  I'm online ...Now I get to tell Window to STFU ....and keep my DAW off line or for when I choose to manually update ..
as far as the privacy thing I mentioned in my threads title I can use this C B as a guest w out even logging in and everything gets flushed when I 'm done with my online session
I love it .....I can take Duke out in the country and if I get lost I can dial up a map ..
yeah I know folks can do that on a phone or on a GPS thing ..I don't have one ...
 
Kenny

Doc_Hollingsworth

kennywtelejazz

Mesh
They're all spying on you coz they know that bulldog's bringing home those hot chicks!!
 
 

 Ahhhhh! Yet another victim secured! I mean, next it'll be that darn paper pad in the corner spying on us....
That is so true ...everybody loves Duke around here ...me ,they tolerate because somebody has to pick up his poop ..
 
I found out a very interesting thing about the chromebook , it is supposedly much more secure for being online than Win or OSX ...at least that's what folks that like and use them claim ...
If I don't sign in and use it as a guest for web browsing it is even more secure ...
 
Kenny

I highlighted what I think you were saying
 
YEAH  in a way it's crazy to get that paranoid ..yet stranger things have happened  
 
I saw a TV  show called Hunted where 2 person teams were pitted up against the best in the surveillance industry the teams had to evade and pretend to be fugitives for 28 days  ...
One team got taken out because one of the members of the team wrote a list in pencil on top of a calendar that revealed the teams whole strategy including dates locations and contact numbers ....
All the surveillance team had to do to get the info was to darken the grooves the pen left in the calendar  ..
That's how they caught that team
I'm sure the team wasn't happy about loosing a sum of 250,000 prize money  over a mistake involving a pencil
have a good one ,
 

paulo

kennywtelejazz
I bought a Chromebook , now I have Google spying on me
 
Kenny

At least Microsoft lets you believe that you can turn it off. 

 
How True 
 
MS takes the Cake Bro  . The only thing they haven't done yet is to send a little Yellow Submarine up my Keester
 
all the best ,
 
Kenny

soens
If all you want is a net surfer, it's perfect and that's all it was really meant to be. Some are dirt cheap compared to an ipad or other over glorified minimalist app running device you can take with you... and it has a built in keyboard (mostly because the screen is NOT touch). At the far end, MS's new Surface has got to be the biggest overpriced joke of the year.
 
BTW, chromebooks can run "normal" type stuff like word processors and spreadsheets but they're all online apps of Google's own making. I think Google was trying to be "cool" like Apple with a new mobile type device that's all proprietary and stuff. Problem is it looks and feels too much like a laptop and people expect it to work like one.
 
Like "Where's the Caps lock key?" "Where's the Delete key?" You have to use a series of key strokes to emulate one...

Hi soens,
 
Yes , this little chromebook is surprising me on how useful it actually can be for what I'm looking to do with it .
From what I can tell , it runs a lot of file types
https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/183093?hl=en
I know you know this , I'm just speaking out loud ...
It's around the size of a magazine and it is about as thick , that means it can fit in my guitars gig bag ..
I have all the The Real Books and tons of advanced guitar ,Jazz and Classical books in PDF so right there I consider this to work out in my favor ...If I go and hit a Jam and they call a tune I don't know I can pull up the chart as long as I have it on my thumb drive ...A lot of Musicians use i Pads for that even on stage ...
Not that I plan on busking , but if I ever do (or have to ) I can take the chromebook , run a thumb drive with backing tracks or select tunes and run the headphone out into the Aux of my Yamaha THR 5 ...
 
Another thing I like is the overall vibe and look of the chromebook is very unassuming and it fly's under the radar ..
I would rather have someone in public look at me and say to themselves  "hey look at that poor old guy with super long hair and a grey beard he can't afford a real lap top"
The last thing I want when I'm in public is have a creepy looking hipster looking over my shoulder and seeing that I have a golds mine investment of software on my computer  
The area where I live looks OK on the surface but the people around this area are out right shifty ..
I've had people try to steal my groceries while I'm trying to pay for them in the supermarket
Yeah under the radar is good ....
 
Yes , the normal online Google apps and stuff these things can do I may tap into later on ..
I guess for students and normal folks that may be part of the appeal ....I have looked around at some of the apps and I put the brakes on it for now ...
It's got a mini card reader and I can hook up a bigger monitor so I may look into that before I look into other things
I want to stay totally autonomous and live in my little sand box for now ... 
Surfing the web , checking e mails , participating in forums  , watching tutorial videos , playing select media and being able to study PDF files are the things I'm happy I'm able to do with this for now ...
 
nice talking with you ,
 
Kenny

Other than a really good gaming machine (with the killer video card), I would consider a beefy server with a SAN running VM's that I can log into using any thin client.

soens
The CBs they give us @work are barebones bottom of the barrel non touch 11"ers for which they probably shelled out a whopping $150 at the most for. Don't know which one you have but for personal use I'd need touch screen and at least 128GB storage. Dell doesn't offer upgradability and their top touchscreen 11"er w/32GB rolls out @$259. Other brands are upgradable but none of them will run the apps I use. Like Craig's clients, if I ever give up normal PCs I'll probably end up with a Surface or a 2in1.

soens,
 
From what you have just described , what I have sounds exactly like the level CB they give you @ work....
I haven't hit a brick wall with it only because all I wanted from it was a little independence , portability ,a little surfing the web  and the ability to open up and read files ...the creation end of computing I have covered else where ...
 
Anyway here's is the exact model I bought  ...
 
http://www.samsung.com/us...3-11-6-xe500c13-k01us/
 
I did get it brand new and I think it was a good deal . It cost me one Benjamin , a Jefferson and one George Washington out the door including tax  ..
 
 
all the best ,
 
Kenny