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   Doctor Popular (docpop@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 23:39:34 JST Doctor Popular

   If you are a Chrome user, you've probably been been opted-in to Google's enhanced tracking system without any warning.

   Chrome's newest update pretends to provide users "Enhanced ad privacy", but actually enrolls Chrome users into a new trackings system.

   To disable Google's "advanced" ad tracking, go to Settings>Privacy and Security>Ad Privacy and disable all three options there (Ad Topics, Site-suggested Ads, and Ad Measurement).

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     xek (xek@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 23:39:34 JST xek

     in reply to

     @docpop I might suggest one small edit:

     To disable Google's "advanced" ad tracking, go to http://firefox.com and download Firefox for your platform. When it launches, import all your stuff from Chrome, make Firefox your default browser, and then install uBlock Origin from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

     Boom, invasive tracking gone.

     (For the nerds: Firefox is now performance-competitive with Chrome, and works for 99% of things. It's nothing like it was in 2009ish when we all switched away.)