Putting tracking on a link to my tracking settings is traditionally frowned upon, Google.

[tychotithonus@infosec.exchange]

Putting tracking on a link to my tracking settings is traditionally frowned upon, Google. (It's a c.gle link, which then redirects to Doubleclick)

And since I block Doubleclick at multiple layers ... I can't use this thing you're telling me about in your "mandatory" email notification.

Update: actual link (h/t @dmarti)

https://adssettings.google.com/partnerads

(... but even this redirects to DoubleClick)

[womble@infosec.exchange]

@tychotithonus "we're google. We don't have to care."

[dmarti@federate.social]

@womble @tychotithonus It's not something they wanted to do, it's something they had to do to settle a case

[dmarti@federate.social]

@womble @tychotithonus

the full set of steps is (1) remove "AI" slop (2) block search ads (3) turn off ad personalization (4) start a blocklist (5) block click tracking (5) turn off in-browser ad features -- then it's almost back to pre-enshittification

fix Google Search

Make Google usable again by removing AI slop, crappy sites, deceptive ads, and privacy/security risks.

(blog.zgp.org)