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Stephen Downes

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Ah, corporate ethics, you never fail to disappoint. On the same day I learned that Apple was fined for not telling users that its updates deliberately slowed down older phopnes, I also read that Google creates a unique ID for every instance of Chrome that users install, so it can track their every move. More in Hacker News:  Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID.

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