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Google wants you to agree to a program to reduce web tracking by just letting Google have all your browsing data directly (meow.social)

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[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

and the state. don't forget they also sell this data to law enforcement and the defense agencies. even if you believe you have nothing to hide, this should worry you because LE can and will cherry pick the data to manufacture a case against you if the whim suits them - given adequate quantities of data, you can reach almost any conclusion you want if you put on strong blinders and interpret only the convenient subset.