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Google Chrome has become surveillance software. It’s time to switch.

Our latest privacy experiment found Chrome ushered more than 11,000 tracker cookies into our browser — in a single week. Here’s why Firefox is better.

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by Anonymousreply 23May 26, 2020 12:58 AM

Firefox is so naughties

by Anonymousreply 1June 21, 2019 5:07 PM

This is frightening actually

by Anonymousreply 2June 21, 2019 5:46 PM

Damn! Go to delete google chrome.

by Anonymousreply 3June 21, 2019 6:10 PM

Just use an extension like Disconnect, which blocks trackers, and you'll be fine.

by Anonymousreply 4June 21, 2019 6:12 PM

Why muricas love so much their privacy? With hackers and information everything that uses internet can be searched

by Anonymousreply 5June 21, 2019 6:17 PM

R4, is that a safe add on?

by Anonymousreply 6June 21, 2019 6:18 PM

Don't look at dirty things and stop trying to overthrow the government. And get off that daddy and son porn kick that you love so much. And stop saying DIE in a GREASE FIRE in a crowded theater. Make sure your dick pics are your OWN. Stop insulting OPRAH!! Melania is not a proven whore either. Call her slutty. And STOP calling everyone a russian agent.

by Anonymousreply 7June 21, 2019 6:26 PM

Disconnect is safe and similar to Ghostery, referenced here.

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by Anonymousreply 8June 21, 2019 6:28 PM

Get back to us when you name is Muriel, R7. Till then, keep your rules to yourself, thank you.

by Anonymousreply 9June 21, 2019 6:28 PM

r6 I've been using it for years and it has almost a million users with excellent reviews, ao I imagine it's safe, yes.

[quote]Disconnect lets you visualize and block the invisible websites that track you. Load the pages you go to 44% faster. Stop tracking by thousands of third-party sites.

[quote]Disconnect was named the best privacy tool by the New York Times (2016), Innovation Award winner for Best Privacy and Security software at South by Southwest (2015), listed as one of the 100 best innovations of the year by Popular Science and one of the 20 best Chrome extensions by Lifehacker.

by Anonymousreply 10June 21, 2019 6:28 PM

[quote]Stop insulting OPRAH!!

Oprah I take it all back!!! I never meant to say you were a lesbian and that Gayle was your scissor sister !!!! I swear !!!

by Anonymousreply 11June 21, 2019 6:30 PM

The worst I've ever said about Oprah is that she likes bread.

by Anonymousreply 12June 21, 2019 6:34 PM

This lines up with what I've been noticing/suspecting for a while, and in fact I've just within the last week started making the switch from chrome to firefox.

For me, the privacy thing is less of a concern and I'm fine with a company taking my anonymized data and using it for research or whatever... [bold]IF THEY PAY ME FOR IT!![/bold] If my data is worth so much to companies like google that their entire business model is based upon collecting and analyzing it, then they can give me some money for being the one being exploited here. It's the same reason I always answer "NO" when some software or w/e wants me to opt into sending them performance data about their product. Bitch I just paid $120 for MS office, you can get my performance feedback when you give me the software for free.

by Anonymousreply 13June 21, 2019 6:38 PM

^ They DO pay you.

You use their services for "free."

by Anonymousreply 14May 23, 2020 11:34 PM

Weird bump after almost a year, R14. What's your deal?

by Anonymousreply 15May 23, 2020 11:37 PM

I don’t care if they see if they see the dumb shit I search for

by Anonymousreply 16May 23, 2020 11:38 PM

I did a SEARCH on a topic before starting a new thread. That's my deal, r15.

by Anonymousreply 17May 23, 2020 11:40 PM

[quote]The worst I've ever said about Oprah is that she likes bread.

Fuck you! Oprah is all about cauliflower these days!

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by Anonymousreply 18May 23, 2020 11:44 PM

worth watching, featuring Google and Facebook.

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by Anonymousreply 19May 23, 2020 11:56 PM

Here is my issue. I put a cookie blocker on my Safari, a ton of sites wont let me use them without the cookies blocked. It's now an issue were I'm shut out from a lot of the internet without their cookie features. Yes, your search engine can be pure but once you enter into a website, the same issue occurs. I'm not confident that they can't travel this information as well. That article sounds like a add for FireFox. I prefer Duck Duck Go, you won't have to activate an anti-tracking feature, they simply don't do that at all.

by Anonymousreply 20May 24, 2020 4:59 PM

Thanks for the warning OP, but I'll continue to use Chrome and other Google applications. Hope they find anything gleaned from my online experience helpful. I have nothing to hide.

by Anonymousreply 21May 24, 2020 5:12 PM

I've used Firefox and Brave and other browsers but always keep coming back to Chrome.

by Anonymousreply 22May 25, 2020 9:10 PM

Well, somebody's gotta keep their eyes on the pixies.

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by Anonymousreply 23May 26, 2020 12:58 AM
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Yes indeed, we too use "cookies." Take a look at our privacy/terms or if you just want to see the damn site without all this bureaucratic nonsense, click ACCEPT. Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site for your pointless bitchery needs.

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