A new low, even for #Google. Giving Google permission to share information about you with third-party websites is being falsely advertised as an "ad privacy feature". This is privacy washing at its most extreme. But it gets even worse.

There is a dark pattern on the second screenshot. It isn't just informing you about the fake privacy features. Clicking on "Got it" actually turns on these features that allow Google to use your recent browsing history for ads on third-party websites:

@protonmail I don't understand how choice of ads you see is a selling point.

@Noptisun @protonmail
There’s a lie being told in marketing circles that people want personalized ads. They don’t want personalized ads. They don’t want ads. A small few people think that if they have no choice but to see ads that they should be relevant to them. But they falsely assume they are required to see ads. They aren’t.

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@jrod3737 @Noptisun @protonmail
I'm okay with ads that don't use trackers/personalization. My uBlock Origin settings reflect this.

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