Re: How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app

On 17/03/2025 15:59, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-03-16 20:06, Jeff Layman wrote:
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You can have a /greater/ degree of privacy by following your
instructions noted in the previous thread in relation to a Google
account and the DSID cookie. But "privacy" isn't a term to be assumed
where Android is concerned. There's an interesting article at <https://
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/03/13/googles-android-decision-bad-
news-for-all-samsung-pixel-users/>. (*** see below)

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(*** NB - scrolling down the article webpage results in a message:
"Application error: a client-side exception has occurred (see the
browser console for more information)". The browser page is then lost. I
got round this by turning off my Wi-Fi immediately the page had loaded.
The whole page could then be read by scrolling down)

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Confirm (firefox on Linux)
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You can bypass that by loading the page, and then on UBlock I click
"disable javascript". I can then page down to the end.

    FYI, scrolling works fine in (google) Chrome with JavaScript enabled.
    And yes Jeff, I also have a *one*-click 'JavaScript Toggle On and Off'
Extension! :-)

I would expect nothing less!!! ;-)
However, the scrolling also fails in Vivaldi 7.1.3570.60 unless Javascript blocking is invoked. Vivaldi is chromium-based, so I wonder what Chrome does differently.
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Jeff