Lorenzo Taiuti: Why I deleted Google from my browser

In an editorial for Artribune Magazine #48, Lorenzo Taiuti argues for eliminating Google from one's browser due to invasive privacy demands. He describes Google's request for 'trust' as an unconditional permission to scan computers and turn them into data banks for corporations and governments, citing Facebook's collaboration with China. Taiuti links this to broader concerns about online security, referencing a Repubblica journalist's warning from the US about credit card theft. He highlights digital artists who critique new communication forms, including a work at the Maxxi museum in Rome that provides instructions on unsubscribing from Facebook. The core issue, Taiuti writes, is the end of the perceived 'free and immaterial' exchange between users and digital services, as companies like Google and Facebook have become global monsters. He calls for a mutation of old exchanges and democratic control systems, urging readers to 'kill the digital sheriff'.