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Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history (www.theregister.com)
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Google enables advertisers a look into your browsing history...

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[–] 21 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Who knew that using a browser made by an ad agency would result in ads?!
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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I dont believe google was an ad agency when they initially made chrome and for a long time following that. You cant conflate the two and say "what did you expect"

    Google pulled the rug from under us on this. Albeit very slowly and super obviously.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Adsense was made in 2003. That's when Google entered the ad industry. Chrome was released in beta in 2008. That's 5 years of being an ad agency before creating Chrome.

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