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   Marcus Hutchins :verified: (malwaretech@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 07:27:12 JST Marcus Hutchins :verified:

   For anyone unaware, Google Chrome is currently rolling out an update that track your interests based on browsing history, then share them with 3rd party websites. The notification page makes it sound like they added a new privacy feature, but in actuality they automatically enrolled you into their tracking system and you have to go and manually opt out.

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     jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 07:27:11 JST jwz

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     @malwaretech Starting to think that maybe using a web browser owned by the world's largest advertising company might be a bad idea.

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     joep schuurkes (joeposaurus@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 16:59:02 JST joep schuurkes

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     @malwaretech I'm in the EU, so I got an opt-in/opt-out screen instead of a notification one. Did take me a few seconds to realize that No, I do not want 'enhanced ad privacy'. And part of me was still slightly second-guessing that decision until I saw your post.

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     Marcus Hutchins :verified: (malwaretech@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 10:15:25 JST Marcus Hutchins :verified:

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     For people who for some reason still want to use Chrome:
     Settings > Privacy >Ad privacy, then just toggle everything off.

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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 21:45:36 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     So I'll get less gay shit? 🤔