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- technology@lemmy.ml
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- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.ml
- hackernews@derp.foo
Another great article from 404 Media highlighting the power that the tech giants have amassed over how how we use the internet.
This brings me, I think, to the elephant in the room, which is the fact that Google has its hands on quite literally every aspect of this entire saga as a vertically integrated adtech giant.
This extreme power over the adtech and online advertising ecosystem is one of the subjects of an FTC antitrust suit against Google.
What requests? I though that only information that the browser gives to website regarding dark theme is that your
preferred-color-schemeis nowdark.That request can be used for fingerprinting, however.
https://www.amiunique.org/fingerprint
Yes, that’s one of the data points they use to fingerprint you. They only need several to get a reliable idea of who you are as you move from site to site.