browser history is about the only thing boomers can understand. if he explained that it is watching how your mouse moves around before the click people would be like "Wait, it's recording how I move my mouse, what I hover over, etc?" and start asking real questions.
I doubt it extracts browsing history from the browser itself. I think JavaScript does not give that sort of permission without explicit user consent.
What it could do though, is extract your browser fingerprint and compare that to data stored on Google servers. The server stores all your previous visits where Google analytics was used, or where you did plain Google searches. That's more likely where it gets your history from.
I tried once an extension that randomizes your browser fingerprint, and browsing the net became a total nightmare. Every page I had to solve a captcha puzzle, because big brother data mining algos could not figure out who I was.
[ + ] observation1
[ - ] observation1 6 points 1.4 yearsNov 21, 2022 03:56:49 ago (+6/-0)
Your history on the other hand.
Websites know all that shit already with carefully crafted cookies.
[ + ] Empire_of_the_Mind
[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind 4 points 1.4 yearsNov 21, 2022 06:55:10 ago (+4/-0)
[ + ] Prairie
[ - ] Prairie 6 points 1.4 yearsNov 21, 2022 03:49:47 ago (+6/-0)
The mouse movement and click itself provides information. The timing of the mouse movements, irregularity of steps, how long you click the button.
[ + ] qwop
[ - ] qwop 2 points 1.4 yearsNov 21, 2022 09:47:14 ago (+2/-0)
What it could do though, is extract your browser fingerprint and compare that to data stored on Google servers. The server stores all your previous visits where Google analytics was used, or where you did plain Google searches. That's more likely where it gets your history from.
I tried once an extension that randomizes your browser fingerprint, and browsing the net became a total nightmare. Every page I had to solve a captcha puzzle, because big brother data mining algos could not figure out who I was.
[ + ] Clubberlang
[ - ] Clubberlang 2 points 1.4 yearsNov 21, 2022 09:36:14 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] Empire_of_the_Mind
[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind 2 points 1.4 yearsNov 21, 2022 06:54:07 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] Terraeri1
[ - ] Terraeri1 2 points 1.4 yearsNov 21, 2022 05:06:58 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] RobertJHarsh
[ - ] RobertJHarsh 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 21, 2022 09:01:43 ago (+1/-0)
Let's pop this in to the next "click":
...death to democracy, faggots, pedo, kikes, Xitians, sand nigger goat fuckers, muzzies, chugs, welfare parasites, illegal aliens, communism, people who downvote me.
[ + ] drhitler
[ - ] drhitler 0 points 1.4 yearsNov 21, 2022 04:59:21 ago (+0/-0)