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> Doesn't Chrome send your entire browsing history to Google as well? Most browsers/users do, essentially. When a person searches Google for example, results a
by Panino 7y ago
> Doesn't Chrome send your entire browsing history to Google as well?
Most browsers/users do, essentially. When a person searches Google for example, results are links to Google that redirect to the target sites. Try it, mouse over a result, and look at the URL. Then a user clicks on one and finds a page that likely has doubleclick.net/adsense/analytics/fonts, which all feed back to Google. Or buttons/pixels/whatever for Facebook. Or both. Or both and 10 more organizations. Then since all mainstream browsers by default send referrer info, and since tracker code is so pervasive, and since browsers are easily fingerprintable, trackers follow you along as you click links going from page to page. Trackers are getting redundant high quality data. They're right there with you as you browse; they see what you see. Although some browsers are easier to configure for privacy, IMO the browser you use is less important than how you use it.
Multiple organizations have the potential to possess a near-complete view of your browsing history.