Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting
www.theregister.com
YMMV, based on where you are

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.

  • @Z3k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18•10 months ago

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

    Does not foes

    • danielbln
      18•10 months ago

      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.
      • Hello HotelEnglish
        9•10 months 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)