Google agrees to settle Chrome incognito mode class action lawsuit::2020 lawsuit accused Google of tracking incognito activity, tying it to users’ profiles.

  • @Mango@lemmy.world
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    111 months ago

    Oh sure, so now you’re gonna insist they’re buying shit that totally doesn’t exist.

    • @chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org
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      011 months ago

      No, I am not contradicting myself. Let me say it again with the ambiguity removed:

      1. Cox Media isn’t an advertiser, they sell a dressed-up analytics service. Think spreadsheets (that’s literally the service they’re selling in this copy, a monthly report spreadsheet).
      2. The “technology partner” selling this data to Cox is accessing it by bypassing the normal and correct operation of the device using malware.
      3. What does not “exist” is a shadowy cabal of smartphone manufacturers scheming to hide listening devices in the pockets of their consumers.

      I’m sure you still believe this is a load of apologia and frankly you can think what you want, but you should probably know that I’d already read about the Cox story when it first broke and specifically chose my words with that knowledge in mind.