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Google Chrome now targets ads based on your browser history, here's how to turn that off (www.techspot.com)
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Google is gradually introducing a new method for delivering targeted ads in Chrome that aims to bypass the controversy surrounding cookies by using browsing history instead. This...

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[โ€“] s20@lemmy.ml 100 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's how to turn that off:

  1. Uninstall Google Chrome
  2. Install Firefox, Ungoogled Chromium, or, heck, Vivaldi
  3. Stop trusting Google

There we go, problem solved.

[โ€“] lustrum@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Remember when websites were tracking us across websites like the Facebook pixel.

Now Google just like we ain't need that.