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Re:Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and ... by mulmen on Monday September 11, 2023 @09:42AM (#37467136)
It’s way off base because it’s unacceptable in civilized society to pay stalkers to harass people to make a point. Do you seriously think it is ok to hire a PI to follow someone to “make a point”? I find that horrifying.

Further this is a pro-privacy article. The author seems to have a good grasp of the situation and has communicated it well to a general audience. It even concludes with how to turn the feature off and a call to reconsider how your data is being used.

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Re:Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and ... by AnimalMuppet on Monday September 11, 2023 @09:56AM (#37467320)
> > I'm not advocating this approach.

But I do understand the temptation.

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Re:Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and ... by mulmen on Monday September 11, 2023 @10:04AM (#37467460)
Yes I read your comment. My question was if you are ok with hiring stalkers.
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Re:Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and ... by AnimalMuppet on Monday September 11, 2023 @10:17AM (#37467647)
No; that's kind of the point of my comment.
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