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tardigrada ( tardigrada@beehaw.org )  to Technology · 3 years ago

Google settles $5bn lawsuit for 'private mode' tracking

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Google settles $5bn lawsuit for 'private mode' tracking

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tardigrada ( tardigrada@beehaw.org )  to Technology · 3 years ago
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Large technology firms have faced increased scrutiny of their practices in the US and beyond.
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    I expect the clueless ones to use the default, pre-installed browser, which on a computer isn’t Chrome.

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      A lot of computers people buy from box stores are preloaded and configured to use chrome as the default for many years. Newer prebuilt a May no longer do that, but I doubt it.

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