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Google dragged to UK watchdog over Chrome's upcoming IP address cloaking (www.theregister.com)
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Google dragged to UK watchdog over Chrome's upcoming IP address cloaking::Marketers tell antitrust cops privacy proxy will make it harder to protect kids online, etc etc

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[–] anteaters@feddit.de 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Non-browser ad blockers like the Pi-Hole block all network traffic to known servers that serve ads. Routing all web traffic through Google's VPN disables this way of adblocking and only leaves in-browser solutions like u-block. And Google's fight against those within Chrome is ongoing.