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Google Is Testing Its Controversial New Ad Targeting Tech in Millions of Chrome Browsers - Ditch it and use the open source Firefox browser.(www.eff.org)

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Pirate [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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It’s Google’s way of controlling how we access the web so I’m against it.

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Nikoli [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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How about other khtml browsers like konquerer, or degoogled chromium based browsers like brave?

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Pirate [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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Konquerer isn’t a viable alternative and its users must be very easy to fingerprint. Chromium based browsers contribute to Chromium’s and by extension Chrome’s dominance. Google actually started stripping features from Chromium and making them exclusive to Chrome…

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Nikoli [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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Fingeprinting is a concern of mine. I use linus based OS so that is a major hit against me. Does firedox have any extensions that can spoof fingerprint, like OS or screen res, or browser? I have tried user agemt switchers, they dont seem to work well.

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