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Re:Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are... by joshuamorton on Friday February 26, 2021 @07:29PM (#26281474)
Why do you think Google knows about the Amazon purchase or the Facebook post? They don't.
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Re:Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are... by slowmovintarget on Friday February 26, 2021 @11:23PM (#26282552)
I was sticking with the analogy established in the post I was replying to. To me they are variables in the pseudo-code, for the purpose of understanding the algorithm, not the actual underlying reality being discussed.
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Re:Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are... by joshuamorton on Saturday February 27, 2021 @03:37AM (#26283530)
Right, but GP picked those variables intentionally, as things that Google doesn't (can't) track. If, for example you replaced "Amazon" with "Google", well you'd obviously expect Google to have the data.

So then if you replace "Amazon" with "company that subcontracts to Google for analytics", you'd still expect Google to have the data.

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