strypey, 4 months ago "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
"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
