The Rise of Surveillance Capitalism

https://bostonreview.net/articles/how-capitalism-not-a-few-bad-actors-destroyed-the-internet/

Perhaps  the mods could advise if this in the appropriate  forum.

if you're not paying for the product...you are the product. 

Moved to the Internet forum

1 hour ago, stoner said:

if you're not paying for the product...you are the product. 

So I've heard but don't really understand....but it sounds  cool

meanwhile Chrome and friends (Brave, Vivaldi, et cetera) added a new feature allowing websites to read and write clipboard contents.

3 minutes ago, fdsa said:

meanwhile Chrome and friends (Brave, Vivaldi, et cetera) added a new feature allowing websites to read and write clipboard contents.

Yes and in another thread the issue of browser security and passwords is an issue.

Time travelling news that is 2 decades too late.

On 8/28/2022 at 5:10 PM, fdsa said:

meanwhile Chrome and friends (Brave, Vivaldi, et cetera) added a new feature allowing websites to read and write clipboard contents.

A little unfair don't you think  

 

My understanding is that Google removed a setting in Chrome which fed through to the others. However with my settings on the Clipboard in Win 10 and the Brave settings I have it does not seem to apply.

 

But thanks for pointing it out as it was interesting to read the comments in the Ghacks article 

There are programs which will encrypt all your traffic. PGP is one. VPN which do not allow tracking.

Nature of the beast - everybody wants your info to add you to mailing lists and Spam you.

If it is such a bother - take action.