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How far does this scenario go though? it would be easier for Google to just deploy a changed client app (chrome) that skips the blinding infrastructure, or just sends the user information to them at the same time anyway. In the end, unless you're reading and building every line of code (and maybe even hardware) you are delegating trust.

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How far would a multi billion company go in order to ensure its main source of income? They have a history of providing privacy assurances which fell through under serious inspection. The flock scheme was a few months back, the stop location history scandal was a few years back, and I'm mentioning only those on the top of my head.

That's fair, I suppose my point is there are easier ways, I don't think there's any way to technically achieve full privacy on the current design of the internet that couldn't be circumvented by operational changes. But perhaps the point is more that technologies like this are maybe used more to provide false assurance through obscurity. Although it does sound skeptical and bleak given there is no real solutions to that.

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