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by alasdair_ 1579 days ago
> Bit of a caveat: Chromium and Firefox are probably some of the most hardened software programs in the world (for other browsers, all bets are off).

There is a certain irony in the idea that people should rely on a Google product to avoid having their privacy compromised.

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I guess with Google, at least you know and give consent to the privacy "invasion" when you use their products.
> I guess with Google, at least you know and give consent to the privacy "invasion" when you use their products.

Google tracks you and adds things to your profile when you explicitly choose incognito mode to avoid the privacy invasion. This doesn't seem like informed consent to me.