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Topics essentially works like this: rather than using cookies to track people around the web and figure out their interests from the sites they visit and the apps they use, websites can ask Chrome directly, via its Topics JavaScript API, what sort of things the user is interested in, and then display ads based on that. Chrome picks these topics of interest from studying the user's browser history.

Isn't this completely immoral? They are literally stealing the users private browsing history and uses it to boost their own profits.

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[–] JohnEdwa@kbin.social 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So this is why they want that browser integrity stuff.
Without the integrity a change like this would be absolutely wonderful - my ad interests would be "FuckOff" and "Nothing".

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very apt username.

Anything would be an improvement over using stock Chrome at this poing... wow

[–] 1984 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah it used to be a joke but now nobody is laughing...

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago (16 children)

So what has to happen for the general population to move away from chrome/chromium?

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Vivaldi had stripped out this crap, it's good that Chromium is FOSS, anybody can gut it to their like. Apart the Vivaldi History Page is way different from al other Chromium (Calendar view customizable in several formats, stadistics with graphs, not a simple list) since its first versions..

Vivaldi doesn’t collect your history data. All of this information is strictly private and local to your computer. What you get to see is the kind of data that could be tracked by third parties. Instead of trying to monetize it, we are giving you this data – for your eyes only. With the ability to analyze this information, you can decide if you want to adjust your online behavior or remove certain items from the list.

[–] amju_wolf@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

...and when browser integrity becomes a thing?

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Wich browser integrity? Because of Chromium? Google already tried this years ago to try to control Chromiums with infinite APIs added to the Chromium code, even with discriminatory browsersniffings, which practically all other Chromium Browsers eliminated just as quickly, Vivaldi the first. Windows on Edge anyway (naturally putting its own Spy APIs in place of these). No trackings or logging by Google in Vivaldi (as long as you do not naturally use Google as a search engine). This is why Google is now trying to gain control through its web services and pages that use them with this WEI DRM, which forces all browsers, no matter what engine, be it Chromium, Firefox Gecko or Safari WebKit, to include a "security" Google Token in your script to access these pages or services. This is naturally a huge bummer if not avoided, since then it depends only on Google which browser deserves this Token, which could be the end of all minority browsers, leaving in the end only Chrome itself with full internet access. THAT is the problem, not the browser integrity.

[–] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] Zitronensaft@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Edge is a chromium browser, too. It has been for some time now.

[–] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Edge is chromium though?

[–] cypher_greyhat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The apocalypse.

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[–] Z3k3@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What is it with Americans naming things the exact opposite of what the thing does

Does not foes

[–] danielbln@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here are some more candidates:

  1. FREEDOM: Full Range Enhanced Experience Derived Online Marketing.
  2. LIBERTY: Leveraging Internet Browsing & Experience Records To Yield profits.
  3. JUSTICE: Join Users' Surfing Trends for Intelligent Commercial Engagement.
  4. PRIDE: Personalized Recommendations from Internet Data & Exploration.
  5. HONOR: History-Oriented Network for Optimal Recommendations.
[–] HelloHotel@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

These are fun:

  1. TRUST: Telemarketing Reliability Using Safety Technology (abuse of safety systems)
  2. HOPE: Helpful Online Personalization Engine (literally just adware)
  3. TRUST: Tracking Retail Usage Systems Technology (amazon spying)
  4. LIBRE: Liberating Inconvienenced Beings of Repour Emails (gmail reading emails from your friends)
[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 5 points 1 year ago

If you needed a nudge to ditch Chrome and its derivatives in favour of Firefox or Safari, this is it.

[–] disconnectikacio@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the google is evil

[–] Wiitigo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I just figured this was always happening.

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