• TangledHyphae@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Agree, I recently checked further after seeing “sponsored” icons in my new tab page. Had to turn that off. I understand why it’s on by default, it’s just not congruent with privacy.

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      1 year ago

      I’d say thats less a matter of privacy since it doesn’t reveal anything to the “sponsors”. More like bloat? Honestly can’t find the exact for rn

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        1 year ago

        I think you’re right. It exposes whatever IP endpoint you’re on to the request but irrelevant with a VPN.