Alexa Toolbar: Give your full browsing history, so it can get free statistics

Posted by ffpip on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:42PM
from the alexa.com dept.

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Re:Alexa Toolbar: Give your full browsing history, so it can... by ffpip on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:44PM (#24489355)

It exists for Chrome and Firefox. It has access to all sites you visit, and collects everything you do.

Over 600,000 Chromium users have it installed.

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Re:Alexa Toolbar: Give your full browsing history, so it can... by hn_1234 on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @12:18AM (#24489483)

What made them to install this ?

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Re:Alexa Toolbar: Give your full browsing history, so it can... by ffpip on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @12:21AM (#24489505)

They don't actually know how much this is collecting. It advertises other features like site rank https://i.imgur.com/qfitydx.png

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Re:Alexa Toolbar: Give your full browsing history, so it can... by byoung2 on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @12:29AM (#24489541)

Whoa are browser toolbars still a thing? I thought they became irrelevant over a decade ago

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