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Cat@ponder.cat to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Fingerprinting: Critics say Google rules put profits over privacy.

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Fingerprinting: Critics say Google rules put profits over privacy.

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Fingerprinting: Critics say Google rules put profits over privacy
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Google is allowing advertisers to collect more personal information, which is harder for users to control.
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  • double_quack@lemm.ee
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    No shit

  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    They’re a publicly-traded company.

    All of them, without any exceptions, place profit above literally anything.

    A private company at least can place some things above profit, if the owner has principles. But when you’re a public company with countless shareholders, any stated or perceived ethics or morals are only there for the PR to drive profits higher or because it’s enforced by law. No exceptions.

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      We need a new system where profit is generated by the good you do in this world. I fucking hate the current system.

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      Yeah ofc, it’s another way of funding a company and the investors want their return on investment as well. Our savings, pensions, index funds etc are also investing in these publicly traded companies and we also want whatever roi we can get.

      Governments just need to do their fucking job to prevent ani consumerism. But considering there are still a lot of people defending stupid rules and regulations (especially about anti consumer practises in the US) I doubt it will change anytime soon.

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    I swear to fuck… if i read one more article about people being surprised by lifesucking capitalist hell corporations being lifesucking capitalist hell corporations… i will leave another angry comment.

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    • JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world
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      Aaaaaaah fuck!

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    Nahhhhh really? Who would’ve thought that the publicly traded corporation only cares about the money? What a shocker honestly

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    I feel like Google would tell you the same thing if asked.

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      Don’t be evil

  • Pope-King Joe@lemmy.world
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    They’re just now figuring this out?

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    Surprised Pikachu face.

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      I gotchu fam:

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    Me waiting for the part we didn’t already know.

    : |

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    Google prioritizing profits over the privacy of its users? Colour be shocked.

    Seriously thought, is there anything at all that they prioritize over the privacy of its users at this point?

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      Maybe if they reframe the headline: “Shock: One of the worlds richest companies chooses to make money rather than respec… Oh nevermind i see it now”

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    Colour me shocked, water is wet!

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    Well I am shocked SHOCKED I say…well…not that shocked.

    …

    …

    How many times have I used that phrase since November, I feel like a lot LMFAO

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    Who are these critics and why is the BBC interviewing people who were born yesterday /s

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      I don’t know what half of the internet you use but my shit works perfectly fine when using ad blockers (which I assume also blocks fingerprinting?)

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          It all works fine for me with ad/ tracking blockers, browser based blockers, noscript, ublock origin, etc, even geoip blocking for anything inbound

          I guess I use different sites…

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          https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/features/block-fingerprinting/

          https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Fingerprinting-Protections

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              The point is that while there are definitely downsides, there are also fairly painless ways to use fingerprint blocking on reputable browsers, and that it doesn’t “break half the internet” it just might have a slight learning curve. Just because something isn’t just plug it in and forget doesn’t mean it doesn’t work or isn’t accessible.

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