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Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings

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Re: Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings

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Post by 1vuio0pswjnm7 »

No mention of chrome://settings/clearBrowserData

Use this before using chrome://settings/siteData

Not sure if this is still the case with current versions

One of the top comments in this thread suggests Chrome is a keylogger

https://thomascountz.com/2025/07/17/chromes-ssl-bypass-cheat...

This blog calls this a "cheat code". One could also call it a keylogger as that's what it feels like when using it; there's no display of the characters being typed

Using a local TLS forward proxy is a more effective way to control cookies than using Chrome settings. Of course, Google tries to make this more difficult with the requirement for the "cheat code" but typing into the keyloagger is not always necessary, not every site requires the "cheat code"

Re: Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings

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Post by rbtms »

makeitdouble wrote: post #78
rbtms wrote: post #69

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I suppose this allows google to better persist browser identifiers in order to facilitate advertising? I'm not surprised they do this since advertising represents almost 3/4 of Google 's revenue. If anything, why should anyone expect something else? Company in the ads business modifies monopolistic browser to make money with ads and more news at 11. If it's not this, it's going to…

Being surprised or not, and being pissed about it or not are orthogonal. I'm also not surprised and do fault Google for it. We shouldn't give them a pass just because they're regular offenders, it should be the opposite IMHO.

That's a very good point. I'm sad that's exactly what people are doing, giving it a pass, since its market share doesn't seem to decrease.

Re: Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings

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Post by account42 »

> I’m personally inclined to cite Hanlon’s razor here rather than engage in conspiracy theories.

Why? Hanlon's razor has never been a good heuristic when dealing with faceless corporation. An on top of that, Goodhart's law applies - when incompetence becomes an accepted excuse then bad actors will use that to hide their maliciousness.

Re: Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings

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Post by stogot »

fedpost wrote: post #2

It's okay, they're not a monopoly according to this administration. Nothing to see here, carry on!

Blame the judges . Two judges determined Google was a monopoly but the judges declined to take drastic recourse.

It’s fun to bang on the anti administration drum but this is a court thing. Edit: they did do the thing you said they didn’t

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-wins-signi...

Re: Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings

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Post by zamadatix »

bergheim wrote: post #39

I hate $THING Firefox does, and I'll complain about it, and I will use $CHROMIUM browser and not complain about that for some reason!

Try to put down the "our team vs your team" fight long enough to join the author, a Safari user, in bashing Chrome for another of its problems instead of jumping to taunt those who don't use Firefox.

Re: Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings

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Post by lapcat »

account42 wrote: post #124

> I’m personally inclined to cite Hanlon’s razor here rather than engage in conspiracy theories. Why? Hanlon's razor has never been a good heuristic when dealing with faceless corporation. An on top of that, Goodhart's law applies - when incompetence becomes an accepted excuse then bad actors will use that to hide their maliciousness.

> when incompetence becomes an accepted excuse

I couldn't have been any more explicit that it's not an accepted excuse: "Google has no excuse for incompetence".

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