Beyond Google's official line on what it collects and why, here's what some of the more skeptical Chrome observers have noted is being picked up by Google's browser: [Image via Inane World]

The free Disconnect extension for Google Chrome and Firefox blocks tracking by Google and other popular Web services. screenshot by Dennis O'Reilly As with Ghostery, Disconnect places an icon in Trace - Online Tracking Protection - Chrome Web Store Trace An extension to stop multiple advanced tracking techniques employed by websites all over the web. ===== Trace can protect against: - Canvas Fingerprint Spoofing - Audio Fingerprinting Protection - WebGL Fingerprinting Protection - JS Crypto Currency Mining Domain Blocking - WebRTC IP Leakage Protection - WebRTC Device Enumeration Protection - Client Rects Protection - User-Agent Spoofing Email Tracker for Gmail - Mailtrack - Chrome Web Store Mailtrack is the #1 free email tracker for Gmail, with over 1,5 million active users. Follow up with more accuracy. Find out the moment your emails have been read, track the number of clicks, and how many times a recipient has opened the mail, using only your normal Gmail interface. All the Ways Google Tracks You—And How to Stop It | WIRED

Jun 21, 2019 · Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s Web browser has become spy software Our latest privacy experiment found Chrome ushered more than 11,000 tracker cookies into our browser — in a single week.

Google Sued for Tracking Chrome Users While Incognito Google is facing a class-action lawsuit for tracking people who used the Chrome browser's Incognito mode. Law firm Boies Schiller Flexner filed the complaint on behalf of people who used the privacy mode during the past four years. "Google tracks and collects consumers' history and other Web activity no matter what safeguards consumers undertake to protect their data privacy," it states. How to Stop Google From Tracking Your Location | WIRED

As on the desktop, you can temporarily stop Google from tracking your browsing and searching by opening up an incognito window in Chrome on your mobile device—or by using a different browser

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