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Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID

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Re: Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID

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Post by IshKebab »

JMTQp8lwXL wrote: post #16
janpot wrote: post #4

Not endorsing this, but according to https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/whitepaper.html#variat... > We want to build features that users want, so a subset of users may get a sneak peek at new functionality being tested before it’s launched to the world at large. A list of field trials that are currently active on your installation of Chrome will be included in all requests sent to Google. This Chrome-Variations he…

Is there a reason for only sending this header to Google web properties and not all domains?

Err yeah, because it adds loads of data that can be used to track you.

Re: Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID

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Post by [deleted] »

DangerousPie wrote: post #15

If you haven't used Firefox in a while you should really give it another chance. It has vastly improved in terms of CPU and battery usage. It also has a lot of great privacy-enhancing features like tracking protection enabled by default and extensions like Facebook Container make it trivial to prevent tracking even further.

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Re: Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID

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Post by cs702 »

floatingatoll wrote: post #21
cs702 wrote: post #6

Doubtlessly, this will be rationalized and justified as being necessary for, and in the best interest of, consumers... ...but inevitably, it will be used for tracking -- regardless of intent. It might also get Google in trouble. Copying and pasting from the a comment in the OP's URL: > Example: https://www.youtube.com - in network headers, look for x-client-data > Now, go to https://ad.doubleclick.net/abc - and your…

This comment is unreadable on mobile. https://i.imgur.com/jFusqw0.png Could you please remove the four-space indent? You can wrap each paragraph in * ... * if you want to italic them.

Fixed. Sorry about that. Thank you for letting me know!

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Post by owaislone »

I visited my family a couple of weeks ago and was shocked when my father told me that his phone 'received' some of our photos. I checked and a huge chunk of whatsapp photos that were backed up by my wife's phone had ended up in my dad's Google Photos account. I discounted it as my wife accidentally sharing the whatsapp folder with my dad but now I'm not so sure.

Re: Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID

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Post by kick »

bamboozled wrote: post #20

You should also donate to Mozilla because it’s an insanely good piece o software for the price!

Firefox should definitely be used, but donating to Mozilla is a mistake. They waste a lot of it, their executive compensation rates are way too high (especially given that MoCo just laid off employees), and Mozilla still hasn't kept up with promises they gave years ago (that Pocket is still proprietary being a notable and depressing example).

Donate to smaller developers of software you use, it'll go a lot further, and they'll probably put it to better use!

Re: Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID

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Post by floatingatoll »

cs702 wrote: post #35
floatingatoll wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This comment is unreadable on mobile. https://i.imgur.com/jFusqw0.png Could you please remove the four-space indent? You can wrap each paragraph in * ... * if you want to italic them.

Fixed. Sorry about that. Thank you for letting me know!

No worries :)
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