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Re: Google will use Chrome browsing data for ad tailoring

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Post by zzleeper »

beefsack wrote: post #29
yefim wrote: post #8

Does this apply to Chromium? Because if not, I'm definitely switching.

Chromium is mostly unencumbered by Google bloatware, honestly it's the version most people should be using.

What are the practical differences? (Most of my searches come up with 2014ish stuff..)

Re: Google will use Chrome browsing data for ad tailoring

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Post by bunderbunder »

sesutton wrote: post #25

The way the screenshot is cropped is misleading. The actual page makes it clear this feature is opt-in. If you're logged into a Google account and haven't already made a choice on the page you can see it at http://www.google.com/settings/ads .

I'm not convinced it's opt-in. I just visited that page, and everything was switched on. I can't profess to having a perfect memory, but I can say that opting in would have been pretty out of character thing for me to do.

Re: Google will use Chrome browsing data for ad tailoring

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Post by awqrre »

beefsack wrote: post #29
yefim wrote: post #8

Does this apply to Chromium? Because if not, I'm definitely switching.

Chromium is mostly unencumbered by Google bloatware, honestly it's the version most people should be using.

"Features that communicate with Google made available through the compilation of code in Chromium are subject to the Google Privacy Policy."

from https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-privacy

Re: Google will use Chrome browsing data for ad tailoring

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Post by bruxis »

sesutton wrote: post #25

The way the screenshot is cropped is misleading. The actual page makes it clear this feature is opt-in. If you're logged into a Google account and haven't already made a choice on the page you can see it at http://www.google.com/settings/ads .

I don't recall ever enabling this but this is enabled already for me.

(note that not recalling doesn't mean I never enabled it, however it would have had to have been fairly inconspicuously for me to "opt-in")

Re: Google will use Chrome browsing data for ad tailoring

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Post by forgotpwtomain »

bunderbunder wrote: post #33
sesutton wrote: post #25

The way the screenshot is cropped is misleading. The actual page makes it clear this feature is opt-in. If you're logged into a Google account and haven't already made a choice on the page you can see it at http://www.google.com/settings/ads .

I'm not convinced it's opt-in. I just visited that page, and everything was switched on. I can't profess to having a perfect memory, but I can say that opting in would have been pretty out of character thing for me to do.

> I'm not convinced it's opt-in. I just visited that page, and everything was switched on. I can't profess to having a perfect memory, but I can say that opting in would have been pretty out of character thing for me to do.

I in fact explicitly remember clicking no to a prompt similar to this one, so I'm very puzzled how I got auto-opted in anyways..

Re: Google will use Chrome browsing data for ad tailoring

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Post by SimeVidas »

wangweij wrote: post #18

While I am able to switch to another browser (I already did a long time ago), I don't believe I can avoid visiting sites "that show ads from Google". How much can Google collect from those sites?

Firefox has a “tracking protection” setting which blocks these types of third party trackers.
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