Google's Chrome browser is now a thin candy shell of browser interface around a full-time surveillance engine and personal data monetization machine. Find a better browser, folks. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023... - ThreadSky

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jvagle.me • 547 days ago

Google's Chrome browser is now a thin candy shell of browser interface around a full-time surveillance engine and personal data monetization machine. Find a better browser, folks.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/googles-widely-opposed-ad-platform-the-privacy-sandbox-launches-in-chrome/

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theshaft.co•546 days ago

I just turned all that nonsense off in chrome but #wtaf. This is a huge deal breaker for me

jvagle.me•547 days ago

Also, this is not an example of the tech marketplace "working" through consumer selection. Asking folks to independently assess the privacy implications of the technologies they use is only efficient from the tech companies' perspective.

jvagle.me•547 days ago

Unfortunately, constant (yet justified) warnings about privacy harms can lead some people to throw up their hands and go full privacy nihilist, which is what tech CEOs like McNealy, Schmidt, and Zuckerberg were all wishcasting when they claimed that "privacy is dead."

jvagle.me•547 days ago

Privacy implications are largely opaque to most people, which is why we need non-preemptive, comprehensive privacy legislation/regulation that allows for private rights of action.

ktunaxaamerika.bsky.social•535 days ago

Would you suggest Opera?

cyberlawyeryyz.bsky.social•546 days ago

Thanks for this. Are you using Tor or do you have a preferred mainstream alternative?

jvagle.me•546 days ago

I prefer Firefox.

alexises.bsky.social•546 days ago

I'm more rude, IMHO we should avoid all implementation based on chromium (and I tend to extend it to all webkit too) due to the google impact on theses tool.
So currently only browser based on gekko is a good alternative :)

jjofbc.bsky.social•537 days ago

Ugh.

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