Comment on Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history

dulce_3t_decorum_3st@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Balinares@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think it’s a new thing where the browser does the profiling locally, and supposedly without allowing sites to track you anymore. But of course the sites can still ask the browser for your personal interests in order to serve you ads, so I couldn’t tell you why they think this is any better.

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  • ArbiterXero@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It would no longer be minable from a central server. That’s measurably better.

    You can also quickly delete it yourself. That’s better

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• Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Who tf used Chrome for years!?

  (checks notes)

  Oh, the majority :|

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• TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Well that’s the thing, Google needed something to test with before they started doing this.

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• Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I thought this is the way it’s been since 2008.

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