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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2024 06:58:14 JST Strypey

   "It turns out, having the world’s biggest advertising company make the most-popular web browser was about as smart as letting kids run a candy shop."

   #GeoffreyAFowler, 'Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s Web browser has become spy software'

   https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/21/google-chrome-has-become-surveillance-software-its-time-switch/

   Maybe governments need to pass laws against browser companies starting advertising businesses, and advertising companies owning or funding web browser development?

   #privacy #surveillance #advertising