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Re:New browser extension blocks sites using Google, Facebook... by nightcracker on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @07:35AM (#26249211)
> It’s worth keeping in mind that just because a site reaches out to one or more of the big four tech companies, it doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily snooping or doing something nefarious. Many websites use fonts from Google Fonts, or host their sites using Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure.

That's still snooping...

Speaking of, why are browsers still sending Referer headers?

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Re:New browser extension blocks sites using Google, Facebook... by Arnt on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @09:30AM (#26250148)
Google Fonts are hosted using googlefonts.com and the assets service on googleapis.com precisely so that you can use those services without sending them your google.com cookies. Not snooping is the point.
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