Post 9zXjerGrdGzDYhejp2 by cy@fedicy.allowed.org
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 (DIR) Post #9zX2PpqcLWC4ltyAsK by Main_Tomato@uwu.social
       2020-09-25T23:03:09Z
       
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       So Chrome's way to compete with Firefox's tracking protection Is to make the settings look the same but Instead of actually blocking trackers you just send more data to Google. Read the small print. You can't tell me that Google didn't try to trick people with this settings page.
       
 (DIR) Post #9zX53rKgRbUArvFH3A by Main_Tomato@uwu.social
       2020-09-25T23:32:49Z
       
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       Also this settings page Is awful, everything Is hidden away. I had to expand the page and that didn't even show all the settings.
       
 (DIR) Post #9zX7GJ7l8pvoRiGPRo by kiri@fosstodon.org
       2020-09-25T23:57:26Z
       
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       @Main_Tomato Oh wow that's so sneaky...
       
 (DIR) Post #9zXIKtIvfK1jJKsOmG by morg@morg.i.ng
       2020-09-26T02:01:36.143395Z
       
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       @Main_Tomato You're comparing a page that is about safe browsing (warning for known dangerous sites, potential malware, etc) to a page about cookies and tracking. They aren't the same thing nor they are trying to do the same thing. Am I missing something here? 🤔 I don't think the page on the left from Chrome ever implied it's going to protect you against tracking attempts, because that's not the purpose of that page.
       
 (DIR) Post #9zXSWP36yhzoUcbd3o by kzimmermann@awoo.pub
       2020-09-26T03:55:43Z
       
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       @Main_Tomato Sad to see. It reminds me of the current status for "Privacy Protection" that most web pages now display in the age post-GDPR: "Yes we track you. No, there's nothing you can do about it. Click here to consent and get back to business. You probably don't care about it anyway."
       
 (DIR) Post #9zXjerGrdGzDYhejp2 by cy@fedicy.allowed.org
       2020-09-26T07:07:44.097555Z
       
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       @kzimmermann @Main_Tomato At least the GDPR is great at making the Fediverse illegal and forcing everyone to only use Twitter, right?
       
 (DIR) Post #9zXt0IZoCn99ujodUW by codewiz@mstdn.io
       2020-09-26T08:52:24Z
       
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       @Main_Tomato Hey, Safe Browsing has been in Chrome since 2015, and the shield has been the standard icon for antivirus and firewall software since before Windows Defender.So it's more likely that this is just a coincidence rather than a plot to deceive Firefox users who switch to Chrome 😄
       
 (DIR) Post #9zXt9jVnQiXA3hRBxI by codewiz@mstdn.io
       2020-09-26T08:54:00Z
       
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       @Main_Tomato Ah, and it seems that Firefox and other browsers are also using Google's API to check for phishing / malware urls. It's a public service:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Safe_Browsing