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Automation, the illusion of caring
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Automation, the illusion of caring

This time, there was no notice e-mail at all. It was taken down, and there was no clear reason behind it, no notice, nothing. Google, a company that violates privacy of millions of people, took my hard work down without any explanation. And when they did this, they could have
May 24, 2020 — 1 min read
Deconstructing Google’s excuses on tracking protection
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Deconstructing Google’s excuses on tracking protection

let’s be clear: cookies were not supposed to enable third-party tracking, and browsers were supposed to block third-party cookies. We know this because the authors of the original cookie technical specification said so (RFC 2109, Section 4.3.5). * First, large scale blocking of cookies undermine people’s privacy
Aug 24, 2019 — 1 min read
Google, Facebook, and The Creepy Line
Google

Google, Facebook, and The Creepy Line

Google also makes most of their money via this same type of keyword-based advertising that doesn’t require any search-history tracking. So why do they track it all then? Because Google is not really a search company; they are an advertising company. On Google, your searches are tracked, mined, and
Aug 13, 2019 — 1 min read
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