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Chrome Sync (i.e. saving your history + everything else to the cloud so it syncs to all your devices) is an optional setting. Microsoft Edge has the same thing

by geor9e 2y ago

Chrome Sync (i.e. saving your history + everything else to the cloud so it syncs to all your devices) is an optional setting. Microsoft Edge has the same thing under another name. Safari does too.

scarface_74 2y ago
Google also uses your browsing history to create a profile for advertising https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451?hl=en#:~:text=Go%20to%20My%20Ad%20Center,certain%20sensitive%20ad%20topics%2C%20including: https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451... And Apple provides end to end encryption of browsing history so it can’t decrypt your browsing history https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2021/03/25/whats-in-your-browser-backup/ https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2021/03/25/whats-in... > What’s interesting about the Apple decision is that it appears to explicitly separate browsing history and bookmarks, rather than lumping them into a single take-it-or-leave-it package. Apple doesn’t claim to provide any end-to-end encryption guarantees whatsoever for bookmarks: presumably someone who resets your iCloud account password can get those. But your browsing history is protected in a way that even Apple won’t be able to access, in case the FBI show up with a subpoena.
- geor9e 2y ago
  That's not Chrome's browsing history - that's an ad network, adsense, profiling you, via cookies/ip/digital fingerprinting, across every website that serves it's ads. It's like logging into facebook and saying they can see your browsing history - yes some of it, but it's because they're watching a server they own serve you requests.
  - scarface_74 2y ago
    The entire idea behind “privacy sandbox” is to create a profile of you for advertising based on your browsing history and the profile is created by Chrome - without being logged in and without cookies. https://privacysandbox.com/intl/en_us/ https://privacysandbox.com/intl/en_us/ More specifically the Topics API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Topics_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Topics_API It’s opposed by both Mozilla and Apple and is only supported by Google/Chrome.
    - geor9e 2y ago
      Interesting. So the browser knows your browsing history like every browser does, but it uses it to share some distilled data. Yeah, I definitely don't want that. Looks like I already totally disabled it though, so I'm good I guess. Privacy and security > Ad privacy Ad topics: Generates a list of your interests based on your browsing behavior. Site-suggested ads: Allows advertisers to retarget you based on your interactions. Ad measurement: Enables advertisers to assess ad performance. Toggle each of these settings to "Off" to disable them.
      - scarface_74 2y ago
        Yep. And I slightly misspoke. I said it was only supported by Chrome. More accurately, it is supported by Chrome and some Chromium based browsers.

by geor9e 2y ago

Chrome Sync (i.e. saving your history + everything else to the cloud so it syncs to all your devices) is an optional setting. Microsoft Edge has the same thing under another name. Safari does too.

scarface_74 2y ago

Google also uses your browsing history to create a profile for advertising https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451?hl=en#:~:text=Go%20to%20My%20Ad%20Center,certain%20sensitive%20ad%20topics%2C%20including: https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451... And Apple provides end to end encryption of browsing history so it can’t decrypt your browsing history https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2021/03/25/whats-in-your-browser-backup/ https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2021/03/25/whats-in... > What’s interesting about the Apple decision is that it appears to explicitly separate browsing history and bookmarks, rather than lumping them into a single take-it-or-leave-it package. Apple doesn’t claim to provide any end-to-end encryption guarantees whatsoever for bookmarks: presumably someone who resets your iCloud account password can get those. But your browsing history is protected in a way that even Apple won’t be able to access, in case the FBI show up with a subpoena.

geor9e 2y ago
That's not Chrome's browsing history - that's an ad network, adsense, profiling you, via cookies/ip/digital fingerprinting, across every website that serves it's ads. It's like logging into facebook and saying they can see your browsing history - yes some of it, but it's because they're watching a server they own serve you requests.
- scarface_74 2y ago
  The entire idea behind “privacy sandbox” is to create a profile of you for advertising based on your browsing history and the profile is created by Chrome - without being logged in and without cookies. https://privacysandbox.com/intl/en_us/ https://privacysandbox.com/intl/en_us/ More specifically the Topics API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Topics_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Topics_API It’s opposed by both Mozilla and Apple and is only supported by Google/Chrome.
  - geor9e 2y ago
    Interesting. So the browser knows your browsing history like every browser does, but it uses it to share some distilled data. Yeah, I definitely don't want that. Looks like I already totally disabled it though, so I'm good I guess. Privacy and security > Ad privacy Ad topics: Generates a list of your interests based on your browsing behavior. Site-suggested ads: Allows advertisers to retarget you based on your interactions. Ad measurement: Enables advertisers to assess ad performance. Toggle each of these settings to "Off" to disable them.
    - scarface_74 2y ago
      Yep. And I slightly misspoke. I said it was only supported by Chrome. More accurately, it is supported by Chrome and some Chromium based browsers.