Posted on by Brian Behrend

Google Chrome “privacy” enhancements

“We have enhanced your privacy by sharing your browsing history and behavior with random websites. You’re welcome.”

Dialog from Google Chrome: Enhanced ad privacy in Chrome We're launching new privacy features that give you more choice over the ads you see. Chrome notes topics of interest based on your recent browsing history. Also, sites you visit can determine what you like. Later, sites can ask for this information to show you personalized ads. You can choose which topics and sites are used to show you ads. X X X To measure the performance of an ad, limited types of data are shared between sites, such as the time of day an ad was shown to you. More about ads in Chrome You can make changes in Chrome settings

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