Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history - eviltoast

Google enables advertisers a look into your browsing history…

    • Balinares@pawb.social
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      1 year ago

      I think it’s a new thing where the browser does the profiling locally, and supposedly without allowing sites to track you anymore. But of course the sites can still ask the browser for your personal interests in order to serve you ads, so I couldn’t tell you why they think this is any better.

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        1 year ago

        It would no longer be minable from a central server. That’s measurably better.

        You can also quickly delete it yourself. That’s better

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            1 year ago

            I’m explaining why it’s “better” , not agreeing or disagreeing with it.

            Ultimately I don’t give a fuck because I haven’t trusted Google in a long time and I never left Firefox.

            Mozilla ftw.

    • TWeaK@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Well that’s the thing, Google needed something to test with before they started doing this.