Can I delete these Google trackers?

[MacBH928]

Hello. I am looking to clear my computer from Google trackers. I was wondering if I can delete these files safely?

You can see there are two apps which are "updf" and "PDFgear" that has file "com.google.gmp.measurement" . Are they spying on me? is it safe to delete? will the app malfunction?

thanks

 

[mmkerc]

Do not know for sure, but you can always move the files to your trash (do not empty) and then test to see if the programs work.

My personal experience is the google files have a tendency to reinstall/appear. While I would not call it spying, but google does track everything they can get away with.

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

You can delete them since they are common Google files but if you have Chrome installed or use other Google products they will reappear. I would only delete them if you no longer wish to have anything Google related on your computer.

 

[MacBH928]

You can delete them since they are common Google files but if you have Chrome installed or use other Google products they will reappear. I would only delete them if you no longer wish to have anything Google related on your computer.

thanks!

 

[ChrisA]

I can see why you might want to delete these files. It is annoying to set the text size in your browser and then have the Browser remember your preference the next time you run it. I want to reset it each time myself. Same with the window size and where it was on the screen. I want a new and clean, out-of-the-box experience each time the browser starts. I don't want Chrome to remember my passwords or bookmarks. I don't want Google Mail to remember which emails I read and which I did not. I want to see the first email I ever got on the top. So I delete these files.

 

[mmkerc]

Not directly related but I received this article in my Malwarebytes Newsletter on the topic of Google tracking.

Google changes wording for Incognito browsing in Chrome | Malwarebytes

Google wants you to know you can still be tracked when you're incognito.

www.malwarebytes.com

 

[OLDCODGER]

I don’t delete Google files - I Little Snitch them to death.

 

[MacBH928]

I can see why you might want to delete these files. It is annoying to set the text size in your browser and then have the Browser remember your preference the next time you run it. I want to reset it each time myself. Same with the window size and where it was on the screen. I want a new and clean, out-of-the-box experience each time the browser starts. I don't want Chrome to remember my passwords or bookmarks. I don't want Google Mail to remember which emails I read and which I did not. I want to see the first email I ever got on the top. So I delete these files.

I am pretty sure there is a way to make this work if you search online, to a have a fresh load everytime you launcht he app.

I don’t delete Google files - I Little Snitch them to death.

The problem with Little Snitch is that you have to review every call to the outside world. If you block something essential, apps and websites might start to malfunction.

is there a reason to use little snitch if I already use Ad blocking DNS?

 

[ArhnoldShwarzenberger]

I suggest using virtual environments.
This is the only way I can work today, for example on Windows 10/11.
There is and will be no other solution.
We create virtual systems with RAMDISK in them.
There we install everything that can spy, especially Google.
Let them spy on a virtual machine that has nothing except a few programs.
After a virtual machine reset, everything newly installed disappears from RAMDISK.
Virtual environments only for working with the Internet are great. In one "MATKA" system, you can have several other systems, each for a different job.
And regarding Google, I have only one sentence to say: Google is once again the reason why, having two new Android phones, I started looking for used iPhones.
This is impossible to work with!
You can't even live with this...
Google is a mentally ill institution...

Google application updates in Android are published on average 2 or even 3 times a month. And it's been like this for 4 months (that's how long I've had two new Moto G54s). I can't stand it any longer.
What are updates for?
Just so that during the update, each of the updated applications sets its own access rights and others. Each update of the Google application causes all application settings to be changed immediately after the update, which I, for example, do not want!!
I've have enough!

 

[MacBH928]

I suggest using virtual environments.
This is the only way I can work today, for example on Windows 10/11.
There is and will be no other solution.
We create virtual systems with RAMDISK in them.
There we install everything that can spy, especially Google.
Let them spy on a virtual machine that has nothing except a few programs.
After a virtual machine reset, everything newly installed disappears from RAMDISK.
Virtual environments only for working with the Internet are great. In one "MATKA" system, you can have several other systems, each for a different job.
And regarding Google, I have only one sentence to say: Google is once again the reason why, having two new Android phones, I started looking for used iPhones.
This is impossible to work with!
You can't even live with this...
Google is a mentally ill institution...

Google application updates in Android are published on average 2 or even 3 times a month. And it's been like this for 4 months (that's how long I've had two new Moto G54s). I can't stand it any longer.
What are updates for?
Just so that during the update, each of the updated applications sets its own access rights and others. Each update of the Google application causes all application settings to be changed immediately after the update, which I, for example, do not want!!
I've have enough!

you mean virtual desktop?

 

[ArhnoldShwarzenberger]

VMware Fusion...