Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a "topic" list it shares with advertisers.

Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome::Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a “topic” list it shares with advertisers.

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Well that explains why I’m seeing full page popups saying I need to disable my adblocker on certain sites…

Okay… I’ve resisted long enough. I’ll make the switch to Firefox tonight

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I switched a while back for the same reason, in a completely different scenario. Google is playing themselves.

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