Google enables advertisers a look into your browsing history…

  • Ricaz@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It is most definitely opt-in for me. It popped up and said “would you like to enable this?”, explaining what would be shared and why. It was not enabled automatically. That’s opt-in if you ask me.

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      1 year ago

      I got the pop-up on desktop chrome yesterday and I had to intentionally go to the settings and turn them off.

      Maybe it’s different on mobile chrome? I don’t know but it was absolutely opt-out on desktop.

      I use Firefox as my main browser but work requires I use chrome for some stupid bullshit. Otherwise I wouldn’t touch the browser at all.

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        1 year ago

        So your region does not have laws prevent them from automatically enabling it.

    • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk
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      1 year ago

      I’ve been getting it on and off for a couple of weeks and that’s my experience too… you get a ‘we want to enable this exciting new feature’ and you click no. They’ll ask again… which may push me to use firefox more.