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The problem here comes from Google being the ones who monopolise on the user data, leading them to be the only credible source of truth on the user interests. T
by spookie 3y ago
The problem here comes from Google being the ones who monopolise on the user data, leading them to be the only credible source of truth on the user interests. This is an outstanding move from them, business wise.
I agree that I prefer, privacy wise, to only deal with one company. But, this leaves them in a considerable advantage. It's ultimately, bad for consumers. And, from the beginning, bad for other businesses and market.
- insanitybit 3y agoBut Google doesn't get the user data, right? Chrome is just conveying it to advertisers - Google gets the same experience as everyone else. It's not like it goes to Google first and then it goes to advertisers. Chrome is what decides which data leaves the browser. Or have I misunderstood?
- agwa 3y agoCorrect, with the caveat that if you have Chrome profile sync enabled (without a sync passphrase set) then the advertising data tracked by Chrome likely gets uploaded unencrypted to Google-operated servers. I don't know if their privacy policy permits them to look at this data, or if they would look at it in practice.
- insanitybit 3y agoHm. All of my sync data is encrypted. Is that not the default?
- agwa 3y agoNope. See the following page for some screenshots of the UI to turn on encryption with sync passphrases: https://palant.info/2023/08/29/chrome-sync-privacy-is-still-very-bad/ https://palant.info/2023/08/29/chrome-sync-privacy-is-still-...
- insanitybit 3y agoThanks. I hope they enable that by default at some point.