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> It uses an algorithm to look at your browser history and place you in a group of people with similar browsing histories so that advertisers can target you.

No, just no. Just because cookies are a necessary evil that is being abused doesn't mean normalizing the abuse makes it not abuse. Also the normalization of unacceptable behavior only makes things worse since it implies permission.

I just want stuff that remember my settings and logins as for the rest just leave me alone.




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