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Google enables advertisers a look into your browsing history...

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[-] Honza368@feddit.uk 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

FYI, while this is a terrible move, it does not allow advertisers to see your browsing history like you said. Google looks into your history, the advertiser gives them ads and Google serves the ads to the users they think will like it. The advertiser never sees any of your data. Ironically, Google's advertising system is the safest compared to systems like Meta's.

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[-] FrostbyteIX@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Uhhh.....

"Since your history shows frequent use of ~~pornhub~~, we highly recommend websites like ~~xvideos~~ and ~~redtube~~"

Because that's totally what every 15 year old fellow really needs hey Google?

[-] Thursday@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My ad " you like thick women, Stoicism and band tees? well do we have a goth girl for you, limited item sold, not responsible for broken car windows or torched house, all purchases are final.

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[-] Mesaji@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Fun fact, 86% of the revenue for these big tech (Twitter/Meta/Google/YT) are from ads. 😀

[-] pret2xyz@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Funner fact, social media apps collect more data than anybody else.

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[-] baked_tea@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

I now understand late stage capitalism

[-] MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

Sounds like a great and exciting innovation. I can’t wait to see more relevant ads based on my own personal interests!

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[-] Saneless@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

(uses a different browser)

Have fun with that

[-] DivineJustice@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Fucking hell I am sick of having to switch browsers every few years.

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[-] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Someone needs to make an extension that googles random stuff all the time and floods ones history with so much background noise that the history becomes useless.

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[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

These sneaky foxes should be fired.

EDIT: it seems nobody wants to fire a fox. That almost drives me to the edge but I guess I'll just try to be brave and think of it as a safari.

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[-] zainitopia@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

How would I go about transferring my stored passwords from Chrome to Firefox?

[-] rk96@lemmy.one 16 points 2 years ago

When you first install Firefox, it offers it during the initial setup

[-] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Switch to a dedicated password manager - Bitwarden for example.

Then you can try any browser. Firefox definitely wouldn't be my choice but it is better than Chrome.

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