Google Is Testing Its Controversial New Ad Targeting Tech in Millions
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Today, Google launched an “origin trial” of Federated Learning of Cohorts (aka FLoC), its experimental new technology for targeting ads. A switch has silently been flipped in millions of instances of
  • Nikoli [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I use Firefox. But Chromium? Adblocker? Many other privacy extensions :)

      • Nikoli [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Isn't it more accurate to say they run on khtml? The engine in konquerer and developed by kde group?

        • synesthesia [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Chromium isn't just Blink, the renderer (which was forked from WebCore, which was forked from KHTML). It's also V8, the JavaScript engine, which was developed as part of the Chromium project.

        • Pirate [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          It's Google's way of controlling how we access the web so I'm against it.

          • Nikoli [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            How about other khtml browsers like konquerer, or degoogled chromium based browsers like brave?

            • Pirate [none/use name]
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              3 years ago

              Konquerer isn't a viable alternative and its users must be very easy to fingerprint. Chromium based browsers contribute to Chromium's and by extension Chrome's dominance. Google actually started stripping features from Chromium and making them exclusive to Chrome...

              • Nikoli [none/use name]
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                3 years ago

                Fingeprinting is a concern of mine. I use linus based OS so that is a major hit against me. Does firedox have any extensions that can spoof fingerprint, like OS or screen res, or browser? I have tried user agemt switchers, they dont seem to work well.

                • Pirate [none/use name]
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                  3 years ago

                  Check privacytoolsio's guide

                  privacy.resistFingerprinting deals with the screen size problem so don't maximize Firefox. Tor browser is better at handling this problem, if you maximize it'll create empty space to deal with it but it isn't really advised.

                  I'd recommend using Tor browser if you want some peace of mind. With Tor you are advised not to install any extensions or do any tweaking. Tor makes linux user appear as Windows users for example.

      • spectre [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Firefox isn't the only alternative (though it is the most obvious, and has few major drawbacks)