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Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history (www.theregister.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Google enables advertisers a look into your browsing history...

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's opt-in for not because they're testing how tolerant users are. They'll start bending you over soon enough.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So if it's opt-in, how is it sneaky?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Bcs the opt-in is called enhanced ad privacy ...

And also bcs the opt-in is only the first stage when there are articles about the change, in a few months it will be opt-out (and called opt out of enhanced privacy which will also be a lie).

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm just saying it's opt-in, which it definitely is. It's not "sneaky" if it's literally clearly out in the open. They're not "lying" and they are conforming to EU law which is quite strict on this topic.

You are choosing to accept their terms of service, and if you don't like them, just use a different browser??

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How is this not sneaky/intentionally misleading?

  • If you say "no, I do not want Enhanced Ad Privacy" then they won't track you.

  • If you say "yes, I want the Enhanced Ad Privacy" then they will track you.

(*track you in the sense of what's discussed here, the local browsing history)

I'm sure EU will consider this as not compliant.

And no, I never used Chrome.

And also no, monopolies should not be able to fully dictate their own ToS.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I disagree in that it's misleading. But how dafuq du they have a monopoly on web browsers? That's just stupid