It's disgusting. Users browser history is private, just like their search history. Fuck Google.

"Enhanced Ad Privacy." That's the technology that, unless switched off, allows websites to target the user with adverts tuned to their online activities

That's some Orwellian shit right there.

every day I'm glad I switched to firefox

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

This was overwhelming rejected by everyone, including Microsoft, Mozilla, Safari, and others. It's universally disliked, and Google knows this, but they intentionally know they're abusing their monopoly to push anti-consumer bullshit.

Why not just use Firefox (while you still can ...)

"don't be evil" days have been over since forever ago.

2056

• Plug DNA access into pc

• Google sync my brain chip with my browser page

• Start searching new brain plague of 2043

• Google show ad pop-up in my eyes, try to close them, but the ads are projected on the optic nerve.

• New ideia

• scan anti-ad chip that my friend gave me

• It works, I'm free

• anyway, try to order food

• Error the system is not autenticated please install chrome chiplinx 3.8 to continue.

• Receive fine of half my salary, new policy under anti-piracy order

That's fine. I'll continue to use Firefox.

It's crazy to think that this level of intrusion is considered fair game. The way these behaviors are normalized is completely dystopian.

Firefox

So glad I moved to Firefox, fu Google

I assumed this was happening for years

I think I'll just invite Google to come get my dna, set up cameras everywhere, and install a microchip in my brain. Then I can be done with this slow-walk of privacy invasion.

Yet the simps still won’t use Firefox

Well that's what to expect from a web browser created by an advertising company.

Chrome is like Facebook, zero respect for privacy. Anything you do with Chrome can and will be used. From day one Chrome has fed all your browsing activity to their index bot. After your browsed a URL, shortly after googlebot crawled that site.

And yet Firefox marketshare will keep dwindling. Drives me mad!

How about not using Chrome? Firefox Gang!

A few years ago, I switched from Firefox to Chrome. A few months ago, I switched back to Firefox. Chrome is rolling out changes which are completely unacceptable, such as making adblockers impossible, and using my private browsing history for their own ads.

Got this today, I have to use chrome for a couple things every month, and they conveniently turned on all their tracking and ads and bullshit. Had to turn all that crap off again. Not that they'd glean any useful information from my paltry chrome usage, but it still pisses me off.

Let me get this straight:

Until now, Google and other advertisers stored cookies on your device and tracked your browsing history on their servers.

Know, everything happens locally and this is somewhat worse then the old way to do it?

How?

In Chrome, start at the three dots in the upper-right corner and go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Ad privacy. (Or just type chrome://settings/adPrivacy into your address field.) The ad privacy page lets you turn off Chrome's targeted ads.

As per The Verge

I figured they did this already just without saying it out loud

I'm glad I stopped using chrome / chromium a long time ago.

Damn advertisers are finally gonna realize how fucking lonely I am is keeping me from being a better consumer and has me resenting capitalism and they'll work to change my sad life, right? Privatize the profits, socialize the losses, isolate the losers. Got it.

Interesting tidbit: I've been watching "the big bang theory" a lot these past few weeks on my own hosted jellyfin install.

I don't use google search anywhere, I don't type tbbt anywhere. Yet, on my Android phone I have this obligatory Google news thing when I swipe left (HATE that) and all of the sudden that thing got chock full of chatgpt written TBBT articles... I don't really go there (usually end up there by accident swiping left once too many) and I don't read those articles but it really obviously switched to TBBT articles when I switched to watching TBBT.

This really kinda freaks me out and makes me wonder WTF more google is monitoring. I use a Google Chromecast, I guess google monitors that?

It should always be opt in, not opt out. Leave chrome in favor of a non-chrome browser, such as firefox.

Who knew that using a browser made by an ad agency would result in ads?!
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