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    Google's Chrome browser gets do-not-track feature

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Jayayess1190, Jan 24, 2011.

  1. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    How does this compare to Disconnect and Ghostery?
     
    Jayayess1190, Jan 24, 2011
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  2. nemt

    nemt Notebook Deity

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    Google is also the only company that makes you install a BHO to opt out of its analytics. Using an entire browser made by them seems like an awesome idea. (PROTIP: You can use Chromium and have all the features of Chrome with none of the Google 'advertising giant' taint)

    Stay classy, Google.
     
    nemt, Jan 24, 2011
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  3. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    There is an even better solution :D just spam google - if enough people do it, they might even reduce their tracking :D (because if a billion internet users would start doing this, they'd get capacity problems at some point)
    TrackMeNot
     
    DetlevCM, Jan 24, 2011
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    I'm sure Google would be able to handle 100x more spamming than they are ever going to get ;)
     
    wfriction, Jan 24, 2011
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  5. gdansk

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    ^this.

    Additionally, this seems like a good idea. I just hope advertisers self-regulate, otherwise some "greater power" might step in and make a glorious mess out of it all.
     
    gdansk, Jan 24, 2011
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    RWUK Notebook Evangelist

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    Ghostery is owned by an advert company called Better Advertising.
    Link.

    Whoever said it above hit the nail on the head in that with the other Chromium based options available, Chrome is not even a consideration unless you want to put up with its tracking 'features'. Disabling 3rd party cookies is also a good idea and a lot of what these extensions do anyway.
     
    RWUK, Jan 24, 2011
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  7. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    -> even if they can handle the data, filtering out a person's interest will become hard if not impossible.
    Especially considering that that add-in can create more search requests in a few hours than I send of in a month - maybe even a year.

    -> the few "real searches" get hidden in a lot of noise.
     
    DetlevCM, Jan 25, 2011
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  8. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    opt-out and do not track browser settings depends on the web sites to honor those settings.

    big whoop.
     
    newsposter, Jan 25, 2011
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