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Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history (www.theregister.com)
submitted 2 years ago by wolf@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Google enables advertisers a look into your browsing history...

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[โ€“] Mesaji@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But it won't work, these are centralized platforms, which means whatever you searched, or typted in, they will collect these histories as data into their central server.

[โ€“] Jaggle@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Exactly! Erasing your history just means YOU can't see it anymore.