Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history

Technology@lemmy.world – 1340 points – 1 years ago

Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting

Google enables advertisers a look into your browsing history...

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It is most definitely opt-in for me. It popped up and said "would you like to enable this?", explaining what would be shared and why. It was not enabled automatically. That's opt-in if you ask me.

I've been getting it on and off for a couple of weeks and that's my experience too.. you get a 'we want to enable this exciting new feature' and you click no. They'll ask again.. which may push me to use firefox more.

I got the pop-up on desktop chrome yesterday and I had to intentionally go to the settings and turn them off.

Maybe it's different on mobile chrome? I don't know but it was absolutely opt-out on desktop.

I use Firefox as my main browser but work requires I use chrome for some stupid bullshit. Otherwise I wouldn't touch the browser at all.

So your region does not have laws prevent them from automatically enabling it.

I think they are confusing the terms opt-in and opt-out. It is opt-out with a pop up that notifies you to review the changes.

No... It pops up and asks you very clearly if you want to enable it. It also shows what it is, what's being tracked, and who the information is shared with.

I'll have to take a look later but I specifically remember the options being auto selected. So you have to go to the options and uncheck them when that pop up comes up. That would be saying the default option would be for it to be on. So you would have to opt out of the changes. Opt in would be default option set to off.

Were you on a computer, or a phone. Also are you in Europe? I have seen some users say that in the U.S. it is checked by default (where I am at) and some users in Europe claim it is unchecked by default there.

I have been on multiple computers. It hasn't asked me on my phone.

I'm in Europe so it makes sense they can't just enable it. We also don't have Threads yet, for example.