If you use Chrome, Google can use a network protocol for tracking and ad delivery that can't be seen or blocked by extensions. TL;DR: You really shouldn't use a web browser made by an ad company.

"AdBlock Plus, uBlock Origin, and other extensions cannot block QUIC requests. Recommended best practice is to disable QUIC from the chrome://flags/ URL."

https://blog.brave.com/quic-in-the-wild-for-google-ad-advantage/

@ocdtrekkie So you're saying we should use Edge?

@Endo I am probably switching back to Firefox fully. But Edge is fine if you shut off literally every single tiny bloody option Microsoft has to sync or share data with them.

@ocdtrekkie Firefox also reports back. Ubuntu doesn't stop their app store from doing that too.

@Endo Firefox telemetry is extremely easy to disable with a single setting. And Mozilla doesn't have conflicts of interest like... operating an advertising company built entirely around collecting data about you.

@ocdtrekkie How do you think that Mozilla pays it's engineers?

Also, why are users supposed to use a measurably inferior and less secure product? I know the types of data Google wants me to disclose and it doesn't include ransomware.

I am pretty sure a security fail (e.g., your advice to use Edge, a very insecure browser ATM) is more expensive than a small amortized and minimal privacy cost.

Especially when the only damages people conceive from these are notional.