Got this notification when I opened Chrome when coming back to my desk after lunch.

“We changed our privacy settings to allow us to snoop on what you’re looking at and shove you ads accordingly. Feel free to opt out, but we’ll probably opt you back in when you aren’t paying attention.”

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    1 year ago

    the ad company IS Google

    No it’s not. It’s called admarketplace

    Firefox collects diagnostics and some usage data, not browsing history,

    They collect everything. It’s all spelled out in no uncertain terms in their privacy policy. I’d suggest you have a look.

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      1 year ago

      No it’s not. It’s called admarketplace

      Uh. Google is an advertising agency. Their entire business model is collecting data. Chrome is made by Google, ergo the ad company that Chrome uses is Google because Chrome is Google.

      They collect everything

      Nowhere does it say they collect browsing history. There are multiple places across their site where they explicitly say they do not.

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        1 year ago

        Chrome is Google.

        I obviously wasn’t talking about Google.

        Nowhere does it say they collect browsing history

        Yes it does.

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              1 year ago

              That’s the sound of someone who realizes they forgot what conversation they were having and refused to admit it. That’s okay, it happens to the best of us