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Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history (www.theregister.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Google enables advertisers a look into your browsing history...

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[–] 12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

No disagreement here. It's just unfortunate that the users happily agree to everything you've pointed out. Because their browser is apparently just so nice, and a typical user has no ability to recognize value in their data so it feels free to them.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago

    The problem is that the users truly don’t understand how terrifying the data is.

    End, it seems impossible to educate them on it .

    Nobody wants to believe that they can be manipulated as easily as they actually can be, especially with a bunch of inside information that you don’t think is relevant.

    Everyone wants to believe that they are freethinkers and make decisions themselves without “Google bias” and subtle manipulation.

    I honestly have no idea how to fight that and it terrifies me

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