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It actually is almost nothing like the auto updating feature. Finch is mainly used for A/B testing. It doesn't push actual updates, all it does it turn existin

by Ph0X 10y ago

It actually is almost nothing like the auto updating feature. Finch is mainly used for A/B testing. It doesn't push actual updates, all it does it turn existing features (flags) on and off. It's used for quickly A/B testing or incremental rolling new features and is designed to be more agile.

wfunction 10y ago
That means it uniquely identified you to Google every day then, right?
- phreack 10y ago
  Always assume so with Google products.
  - wfunction 10y ago
    What about Chromium?
    - vurpo 10y ago
      Chromium never uses Finch except if you specify it in the command line flags.
      - wfunction 10y ago
        Thanks!
- gcb0 10y ago
  > using a Google browser > not wanting to be tracked here's a hint: ad impression for unknown user is 0.01$ and for logged in user 2$. guess why Google has a browser now...
  - wfunction 10y ago
    Do you mean logged into Chrome (e.g. profile sync)? or just logged into Gmail?
    - gcb0 10y ago
      does not matter at all. if you have a logged-off cookie, and the publisher can associate you with a logged-in user at a near point in time, they can charge you as logged in impression.
- gsnedders 10y ago
  Does it? Does the request actually provide enough to uniquely identify you?
  - yuhong 10y ago
    Source code: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/components/variations/service/variations_service.cc https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/comp...