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ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector (www.buchodi.com)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1413780/chatgpt-now-knows-what-you-do-on-other-websites-via-ad-collector

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[-] BlakeFox808@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

It all goes back to Proctor & Gamble. They sell you stuff and drive much of the advertising and tracking technology on the web. They have been at influence buying since people yelling from soapboxes along the riverfronts. They are in some part behind just about every influence and online trackin technology today.

[-] scytale@piefed.zip 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Hopefully uBO gets this into its default filters soon. Even if you don’t use chatgpt, non-chatgpt sites embed a tracker.

[-] lemonuri@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago

I think on Firefox multi account containers add-on + temporary containers add-on should mitigate this sort of tracking.

[-] nanashinow@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

better : block or delete the cookies best : don ' t use chatgpt

[-] MrOtingocni@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Gross.

This internet was a mistake. We need to burn it down and start over.

[-] architect@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 day ago

This is all organized crime at this point. A lesson in being nice to some people.

[-] Strider@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I do agree but the internet is not the source of turning everything to shit currently.

[-] Tarambor@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

The internet was great until the pointy shoe brigade got too much power in tech companies.

[-] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

You might like the original development track that some idiots killed:
https://www.quora.com/Who-invented-the-modern-computer-look-and-feel/answer/Harri-K-Hiltunen
(long story)

[-] MrOtingocni@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

That's neat

[-] Drekaridill@lemmy.wtf 21 points 2 days ago

ChatGPT doesn't know shit about me since I've never used it.

[-] aim4harmony@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Is it a new tracker? Does it apply to the app only?

[-] Rheinish@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

As per the article, it is by itself not a new technology. Meta has been using this for years and is standard in the industry. So I'd wager most respectable browsers would have tracking prevention that stops this.

What is new, and what this article talks about, is that ChatGPT can attach your browsing habits to things you've shared with ChatGPT itself. As in, possibly very private details about you and your life.

this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2026
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