Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are tracked

Re:Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are... by jb775 on Friday February 26, 2021 @03:10PM (#26279301)

Yeah and google can do all of the above considering just about every website uses google analytics and all that analytics data is sent back to google's servers. Then they can sweep up whatever they missed using Chrome or Android or google-owned service metadata (i.e. google search, google maps, etc).

Google Analytics is the service that connects it all and google has convinced companies to give them this data access for free. (well, in exchange for visibility to parts of that data displayed on fancy trinkets)

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Re:Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are... by amelius on Friday February 26, 2021 @03:26PM (#26279471)

This is the web-equivalent of omnipresent facial recognition tied to a central database.

Like fingerprinting, facial recognition is not perfect (e.g. you can have a lookalike, twin, etc.) but is still damn frightening.

Perhaps this viewpoint can convince some more people of Google's (potential) evilness.

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