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Re:Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and ... by jasonjayr on Monday September 11, 2023 @09:16AM (#37466800)
Sure, the stalker fantasy might be a bit on the nose. Having someone follow you around in a 'physical' sense seems kinda creepy.

But; there is now the robot equivalent of a PI stalker in your browser. It's not a person, but it's still reporting all your browser activity. Except for the 'physical human', that seems like a pretty similar analogy, right? Because for me, it's equally creepy.

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Re:Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and ... by mulmen on Monday September 11, 2023 @09:48AM (#37467213)
You can’t seriously consider an actual human being following you around to be the same as advertising tracking. Those aren’t the same and Google isn’t doing it to “prove a point”. The fantasy was clearly about intimidation in the real world of a real person.

You should really re-read the article. It does not support the change to Chrome or the tracking that Google does.

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