From: Ralf Jung Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:41:14 +0000 (+0100) Subject: tracking on the web X-Git-Url: https://git.ralfj.de/web.git/commitdiff_plain/a31725e32e9c71979e0645aef543a279855440fe tracking on the web --- diff --git a/personal/_posts/2018-12-12-google-scholar.md b/personal/_posts/2018-12-12-google-scholar.md index 3641671..60055b7 100644 --- a/personal/_posts/2018-12-12-google-scholar.md +++ b/personal/_posts/2018-12-12-google-scholar.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This post is about why I don't have a Google Scholar profile (yet). First of all, having a Google Scholar profile requires a Google account. There is no technical necessity for this, Google already indexes my papers and other databases (like the aforementioned dblp) manage to create per-author pages just fine without authors having to have an account. But, of course, this is a great way for Google to tie more people into their ecosystem -- few kinds of pressure are as effective as when this directly affects hiring decisions. -I have so far successfully avoided having a Google account, even if that means having to solve reCAPTCHA in hardcore mode all the time (yet another way in which Google not-so-subtly nudges people to "opt"-in to them tracking their every step). +I have so far successfully avoided having a Google account, even if that means having to solve reCAPTCHA in hardcore mode all the time (yet another way in which Google not-so-subtly nudges people to "opt"-in to them tracking their every step in the web, joining other pieces like Google Analytics, Google Ads and AMP). There is a reason I am running my Android phone with [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/) and [microG](https://microg.org/), and [Yalp store](https://github.com/yeriomin/YalpStore) for the rare case that I need a (free) app from the Play store. At this point I was ready for the compromise of creating an account (that I'd never use) using only [publicly available information](https://people.mpi-sws.org/~jung/contact.html) about me.