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Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome

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Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a "topic" list it shares with advertisers.
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    Aww good for Google. Meanwhile I’ll keep using a FOSS browser that doesn’t screw its users with every new feature.

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      …and which one would that be?

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        Firefox?

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          Well what do you know, Firefox is open source

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