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Re:Protonmail Recommended Browsers by proamdev123 on Thursday August 25, 2022 @07:50AM (#32592436)
That link is to Safari on iOS and it says that your browsing history may be collected but it’s not linked to your identity.

Is it a privacy problem if Apple collects aggregate browsing history from iOS users?

And is this relevant to a thread about desktop browsers?

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Re:Protonmail Recommended Browsers by prepend on Thursday August 25, 2022 @10:26AM (#32594125)
I visit my HN comments page almost daily. There’s no way this can be anonymized away from me as the url contains my userid and can be linked back to me.

Even anonymized, data can be used in negative ways against me (eg, trying to alter my purchase behavior through ads).

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Re:Protonmail Recommended Browsers by kevingadd on Thursday August 25, 2022 @08:30AM (#32592822)
Unless sufficiently anonymized - and I don't know how much is actually sufficient - your browsing history can be used to identify you.
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