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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€“] Nastybutler@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only curtains in my house are in the bedrooms, and that's just to block out light so we can sleep. My house isn't visible to any roads or other houses though.

[โ€“] LinusWorks4Mo@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

now compare that to Chrome, which basically puts your house in the middle of a city full of leeches and scammers but no way to close the curtains