Yeah GOOGLE for privacy...
this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
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Lol
If someone wants to use a VPN then they clearly care about privacy, which means they definitely know about Google's business practices. In conclusion, nobody is gonna be stupid enough to use this.
VPNs can be a tool for privacy but 99% of the time someone is tricked into thinking it's antivirus by a nordvpn ad
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Don't get scroogled
Reminds me of the incognito hand puppet meme
Chrome now won't open an incognito window unless you're signed into a regular window.
If you try, it just opens a regular window and tells you to sign in.
Are you talking about the "Make Chrome your own" page that walks you through a few customization options before asking if you want to sign in? You can just select "No thanks" and you're not signed in. Incognito windows work just fine.
Or are you talking about the "Set up your new Chrome profile" screen that pops up when you make a new profile? It shows two options: Sign in [to Google] and "Continue without an account". "Continue without an account" just has you name the new profile to distinguish it from any others you may have and then lets you start using it. Incognito windows work just fine.
This is Chrome on the desktop by the way.
As someone who's not used Chrome for a while, what does it mean to be "signed into a regular widow"? Does it mean signed in to a Google account with cookies that can be seen by a regular browser tab, or is there some login process to the actual browser itself these days?
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Lol
Oh gooodie! When can I sign up to gift more data (sarcasm)
So what, they can trap more information to present you ads based on your browsing habits?