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naut ( naut@infosec.pub )  to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

How To Turn Off Google’s “Privacy Sandbox” Ad Tracking—and Why You Should

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How To Turn Off Google’s “Privacy Sandbox” Ad Tracking—and Why You Should

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naut ( naut@infosec.pub )  to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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Google has rolled out "Privacy Sandbox," a Chrome feature first announced back in 2019 that, among other things, exchanges third-party cookies—the most common form of tracking technology—for what the company is now calling "Topics." Topics is a response to pushback against Google’s proposed...
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  • Steve ( Steve@communick.news ) 
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    Or don’t use Chrome?

    I don’t know. It was just an idea.

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      that is the best advice, but some are unwilling to change so at least give them some protection

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    If you don’t want Google to see what you’re doing then don’t use Google products

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      Mfers be like hey look at this starving bear, I’m going to cuddle it but take precautions like wrap my arms up in toilet paper!

      When will people realize none of those settings mean shit because there’s no way to verify they actually do what they say they do.

      And Google has zero credibility just like every megacorp.

      If you use any product designed by Google, it’s raping you for every bit of data it can and no amount of “hey but I turned off targeted ads” is making a single iota of difference.

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    Firefox, or LibreWolf.

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    Is there a way Google Workspace admins can turn it off for all their users?

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