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jimrob4 Aug 10, 2023

New! From Google! "Enhanced" ad privacy!

https://midwest.social/post/1934182

New! From Google! "Enhanced" ad privacy! - midwest.social

Got this notification when I opened Chrome when coming back to my desk after lunch. “We changed our privacy settings to allow us to snoop on what you’re looking at and shove you ads accordingly. Feel free to opt out, but we’ll probably opt you back in when you aren’t paying attention.”

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ExLisper Aug 10, 2023

Question: if personalized ads are so great, why can’t I just go into my google account’s settings and put there all the info about me? My income, my interests, ages of my children, my favorite food… Since personalized ads are so good every google users will just fill it in to get the best ads possible, right? Why not give people this option instead of implementing all this trackers?

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daveyeah

I love how targeting yourself with ads relevant to your interests is presented as something advantageous for us. Sorry, I don’t desire to be constantly prodded to take interest in new gadgets and cat foods.