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2026-10-25 10:04 UTC

German court proves that Google is SPYING on us 😡 On Tuesday, a German court ruled that by showing aerial images of a man's private property on Google Earth & Google Maps, the Big Tech company is BREAKING German privacy laws 🚨 This is a win for all of us and our right to privacy because #privacymatters ✊ This is your sign to #degoogle! If your looking for nice Google Maps alternatives, check this out👉 https://tuta.com/blog/google-maps-alternatives-foss

Replies (8)

  • @disisdeguey2@spore.social 2026-10-25 10:06

    @Tutanota@mastodon.social So, why is #fuckgoogle still working in Germany? 😁 They are spying on people and nothing happens. Funny, right?

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  • @ModernMaslow@techhub.social 2026-10-25 14:39

    @Tutanota@mastodon.social I would be more encouraged if international law, wasn't taking a nosedive along with more regional, and local adjudication. There's far too much overlapping ecosystem collapse, going on for any long term stability - especially among Capitalism countries.

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  • @alex_@ioc.exchange 2026-10-25 15:21

    @Tutanota@mastodon.social yea, anyone who has ever tried to download a picture from gmail knows gmail scans it and categorizes it depending on their internal zeitgeist

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  • @JensWiesehahn@fosstodon.org 2026-10-25 15:25

    @Tutanota@mastodon.social Not sure here, while I share resentments against Google I am wondering what effect this might have. Does this mean federal mapping agencies also have to ask every property owner before publishing data according to EU regulation? I doubt so, but already now some public data providers use e.g. privacy law as an excuse to not share data publicly.

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  • @JensWiesehahn@fosstodon.org 2026-10-25 16:00

    @Tutanota@mastodon.social Not sure here, while I share resentment against Google I am wondering what effect this might have. Does this mean federal mapping agencies also have to ask every property owner before publishing data according to EU regulation? I doubt so, but already now some public data providers use e.g. privacy law as an excuse to not share data publicly.

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  • @ferryoons@mastodon.scot 2026-10-25 16:33

    @Tutanota@mastodon.social We are long ago degoogled.

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  • @bzdev@fosstodon.org 2026-10-25 18:37

    @Tutanota@mastodon.social The spying attributed to Google is incompetent: I just checked google map's view of my home and it contained some text at the bottom saying "Imagery @2026 Vexcel Imaging US, Inc." It showed a lot of vegetation in my back yard that was cut down several years ago and the yard currently looks quite different. "@2026" might be when Google got it, but is not when the image was created.

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  • @tomulinek@mastodonczech.cz 2026-10-29 22:02

    @Tutanota@mastodon.social Well, that’s really the least of the harm the tech bros are causing these days. How many decades do you think spy and commercial satellites have been around?

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