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Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history (www.theregister.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Google enables advertisers a look into your browsing history...

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I doubt this "opt-in" would replace the already existing tracking. It being opt-in is pointless since at very best it doesn't change anything.

[–] dustyData 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's opt-out. It's on by default in Chrome as they claim it is the safest option, and you have to turn it off so it stops sending some data to Google. I think only in Europe it's opt-in, because only Europe enforces their citizens rights to not have their privacy raped by US companies in the name of security.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I live in Europe so maybe that's why it asked me if I wanted to enable it.