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ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector

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luke5441 · 1789925516 · focus · HN ↗
MDN lists how different browsers prevent this: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Privacy/Guides/Third-party_cookies#how_do_browsers_handle_third-party_cookies" rel="nofollow">https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Privacy/Guides/...
Firefox, Brave and Safari do. Chrome and Edge do not.
1. skybrian · 1789927246 · focus · HN ↗
  Not an accurate summary. That link actually says:
  > Google Chrome doesn't block third-party cookies by default, only in Incognito mode, or when users explicitly set it to block third-party cookies via chrome://settings.
  Looks like the settings let you block all third-party cookies and add exceptions for specific sites, which seems a bit awkward but could be made to work.
  Alternatively, you could run OpenAI in its own profile, or look into what extensions might do.
  1. Andrex · 1789937352 · focus · HN ↗
    I was going to say, wasn't this supposed to be the default in Chrome by now? But Google reneged on it two years back:
    <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-third-party-cookies-chrome/" rel="nofollow">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-third-party-cookies-chro...
    This disgusts me more than any of their recent news. There needs to be a lot more pressure on them to phase this out.
    Maybe this article will be the small snowball that gets that started...

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