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Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting (www.theregister.com)
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[–] whitecapstromgard@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

www.mozilla.org/firefox/

[–] float@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Add uBlock Origin and a bunch of others and you're ready to go.

[–] whitecapstromgard@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

I can't imagine being online without uBlock Origin. It's an essential necessity for anything on the net.

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

So, private that it asks for your entire browsing history. Fuck Google.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

EU's not going to like that.

[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

So, they're just making themselves the middleman. Because you can bet that API is going to get monetised.

[–] yoz@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Lol people using chrome should be worried. I stopped using chrome in 2015

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

EU regulatory commission has entered the channel

[–] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh boy