Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting
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Google enables advertisers a look into your browsing history…

    • BombOmOmEnglish
      4•2 years ago

      I have also found they are very sneaky about turning settings back on by berating the user with message boxes over time, answering a dingle one wrong turns it all back on.

      Android location data collection does this, for example.

      • @ramjambamalam@lemmy.caEnglish
        2•2 years ago

        Yeah, it doesn’t sound like “opt-in” as much as it actively prompts users. Opt-in would be it’s accessible in the settings but not pushed in your face.