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arrow-up1220external-linkChrome updates Incognito warning to admit Google tracks users in “private” modearstechnica.com minnix ( @minnix@lemux.minnix.dev ) Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months ago message-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
minus-square Wilker ( @Wilker@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilink15•6 months agoDo-Not-Track requests is nothing but a header on GET. at best, it’s useless, with exceptions from websites that already barely track you. at worst, it’s another data point for fingerprinting your browser.
minus-square Elise ( @xilliah@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink4•6 months agoYa so a good reason to include it in the next wave of legislation, if it wasn’t already in one.
minus-square The Doctor ( @drwho@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months agoSo, how much to buy a couple of lobbyists to get this ball rolling?
minus-square Elise ( @xilliah@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink1•6 months agoEhh just sit back and wait for the EU to lead in privacy once more.
Do-Not-Track requests is nothing but a header on GET. at best, it’s useless, with exceptions from websites that already barely track you. at worst, it’s another data point for fingerprinting your browser.
Ya so a good reason to include it in the next wave of legislation, if it wasn’t already in one.
So, how much to buy a couple of lobbyists to get this ball rolling?
Ehh just sit back and wait for the EU to lead in privacy once more.
yeah that’s fair