Google Chrome’s latest “IP Protection” feature coming soon will offer enhanced user privacy by routing traffic through a Google-owned proxy server, concealing IP addresses. This could hinder companies and data brokers from tracking users based on web behavior. However, this also implies that Google would have centralized access to users’ web-surfing habits. While the tool promises increased privacy, its potential to consolidate Google’s data access raises eyebrows, especially given the company’s past privacy controversies.

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* –Dangerous new malware

* –China targets Foxconn

* –A Cybertruck and a Tommy gun

* –People still listen to AM/FM radio

* –Microsoft Q1 preview

* –Amazon enables passkeys

* –Google faces a new antitrust probe

* –Brave under fire

* –Wireless charging at traffic lights

* Dropbox

* –The iPhone 16 could be more expensive

* –Figure

* –‘Tech Hubs’

* –Amazon will now fire employees

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