Einar@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoGoogle Chrome "enhances" our privacy furthermessage-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1286arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1284arrow-down1message-squareGoogle Chrome "enhances" our privacy furtherEinar@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareStudioLE@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoThe transparency of Topics is at least an improvement. Previously you would be targeted - or rather discriminated - by highly questionable traits. Hopefully with this move regulators will finally step in to outlaw the previous behaviour. That would be a minimal step in the right direction.
minus-squarepjhenry1216@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI doubt it. And I see no reason to believe Google is not going to continue that behavior, especially for those using a different browser.
The transparency of Topics is at least an improvement. Previously you would be targeted - or rather discriminated - by highly questionable traits.
Hopefully with this move regulators will finally step in to outlaw the previous behaviour. That would be a minimal step in the right direction.
I doubt it. And I see no reason to believe Google is not going to continue that behavior, especially for those using a different browser.