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Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history
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this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2023
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I thought they already did that.
Uhhh.....
"Since your history shows frequent use of ~~pornhub~~, we highly recommend websites like ~~xvideos~~ and ~~redtube~~"
Because that's totally what every 15 year old fellow really needs hey Google?
Fun fact, 86% of the revenue for these big tech (Twitter/Meta/Google/YT) are from ads. 😀
Funner fact, social media apps collect more data than anybody else.
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It's well done, but there's a big flaw. It doesn't make clear that Google isn't selling your data. In fact, Google's entire business model would be obliterated if it actually sold your data.
What they're selling is use of their ad network, which they can tout as having these huge profiles on everyone to advertise to. So if you're an advertiser and want to sell bee-keeping equipment, Google can say, "We'll show your ads to people who've expressed interest in keeping bees or related topics."
If they sold the data itself, no one would need the ad network, and their ads revenue would dry up after the initial data sales.
So it's in their best interests to keep your data secure. The problem is that it's also in their best interests to give you minimal control over that data, and - as the comic eloquently makes clear - harvest as much of it as they possibly can.
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(uses a different browser)
Have fun with that
My ad " you like thick women, Stoicism and band tees? well do we have a goth girl for you, limited item sold, not responsible for broken car windows or torched house, all purchases are final.
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I thought they did already.
Someone needs to make an extension that googles random stuff all the time and floods ones history with so much background noise that the history becomes useless.
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FYI, while this is a terrible move, it does not allow advertisers to see your browsing history like you said. Google looks into your history, the advertiser gives them ads and Google serves the ads to the users they think will like it. The advertiser never sees any of your data. Ironically, Google's advertising system is the safest compared to systems like Meta's.
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How would I go about transferring my stored passwords from Chrome to Firefox?
Switch to a dedicated password manager - Bitwarden for example.
Then you can try any browser. Firefox definitely wouldn't be my choice but it is better than Chrome.
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I now understand late stage capitalism
Time to move most of my browsing to FF. It's already somewhere around 80% FF.