![]() ![]() On iOS or Android we suggest you use our own mobile browser, which offers best-in-class privacy protection by default when searching and browsing. There are various browsers that are free to download, and we recommend some in our guide to Google alternatives. Don't use Google Chrome! Right now FLoC is only in Google Chrome, and no other browser vendor has expressed an intention or even interest to implement it.The criteria for being opted into FLoC are somewhat hidden and conflicting, but there are three methods for blocking FLoC: If you're reading this in Chrome while logged in to a Google account, yes, that likely means you too, and if not now, then eventually. After a short trial period, Google decided not to make this new tracking method a user choice and instead started automatically including millions in the scheme. It groups you based on your interests and demographics, derived from your browsing history, to enable creepy advertising and other content targeting without third-party cookies. If you're a Google Chrome user, you might be surprised to learn that you could have been entered automatically into Google's new tracking method called Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC). DuckDuckGo Search (via our website ) is now also configured to opt-out of FLoC, regardless if you use our extension or app. ![]() ![]() You can use the DuckDuckGo Chrome extension to block FLoC's tracking, which is an enhancement to its tracker blocking and directly in line with the extension's single purpose of protecting your privacy holistically as you use Chrome.FLoC is bad for privacy: It puts you in a group based on your browsing history, and any website can get that group FLoC ID to target and fingerprint you.Google has created a new tracking method called FLoC, put it in Chrome, and automatically turned it on for millions of users.Use the DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome Filed under DuckDuckGo News on ![]()
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