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Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices In 6 Weeks—Forget Chrome And Android

Say hello to 2025—the way you're tracked has suddenly changed. Here's what you need to know.

It’s not too many months ago that the iMaker released a video inspired by Hitchcock’s The Birds that essentially warned those iPhone users to steer clear of Chrome. Notwithstanding that Chrome has hogged the bulk of Google’s tracking headlines in recent years, with cookies and incognito mode and its privacy sandbox playing recurring roles. And there’s another new twist as reported by Reuters: “Google has failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people's cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking.” This may lead to a trial in the summer.

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