Google enables advertisers a look into your browsing history…

  • BombOmOm@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I have also found they are very sneaky about turning settings back on by berating the user with message boxes over time, answering a dingle one wrong turns it all back on.

    Android location data collection does this, for example.

    • ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca
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      10 months ago

      Yeah, it doesn’t sound like “opt-in” as much as it actively prompts users. Opt-in would be it’s accessible in the settings but not pushed in your face.