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Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by macinjosh on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @10:12AM (#22236376)
It is an abuse of Chrome's position in the marketplace. Google is using their powerful position to give themselves tracking capabilities that other online players can't access. It is a major competitive advantage for Google.
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Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by killface on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @07:34PM (#22242814)
can't alternate browser makers who base on chromium simply disable that portion? like, I expect identifying users was a key business concern in moving Edge to Chromium. Is there something (other than work) preventing them from making it so it'll report back to microsoft-owned domains instead?
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Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by leshenka on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @02:42AM (#22244794)
I'm using Vivaldi on MacOS and it doesn't send this header. I'm sure others like Brave don't send it either.
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