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Android offering privacy by profiling and sharing app ussage info? (europe.pub)

submitted 2 years ago by cosmicrookie@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I might have misunderstood this but is Android really trying to push this as tracking as a privacy upgrade, simply because it let's us choose which of our interests we want advertisers to have access to?

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[–] neatchee@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Yeah, so, Google already has this data about you. What they're doing here is trying to reduce the specificity of information given to advertisers about your behaviors, and simultaneously give you the ability to never inform specific third parties about your interest in the specific topics you choose

I see this as a good thing. They were literally already getting and using all of this data. In that case I'd much rather have some control over who knows which things about me, rather than leaving it entirely up to Google

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It also helps Google form more of a monopoly on your info, since it keeps companies like Facebook from forming as accurate of a profile on you.

[–] neatchee@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's weird that we've arrived at "Don't let Google have a monopoly on personally identifying you for advertising purposes!"

[–] peg@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

It's not a good thing. It's performative and designed to trick people into thinking that Google cares about their privacy and overlook the fact that Google are using their browser/search monopoly to extend their control over the advertising industry.