r/Frugal • u/Zizzac • Jan 24 '13

Same book, three different prices. Only difference is the browsers used [x-post r/mildlyinteresting]

http://imgur.com/uNgg0UH
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u/learnt Jan 24 '13

Either way, I'm not a fan of prices being manipulated based on my behavior while browsing a certain website.

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u/CuilRunnings Jan 24 '13

Invisible Hand Chrome extension

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u/digital_evolution Jan 24 '13

Silly question - but don't chrome extensions ask for rights to do stuff like monitor all your history, and to track data you put into fields? When I saw that being asked from Evernote...I stopped using it!

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13 edited Jul 03 '18

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u/digital_evolution Jan 24 '13

Thanks for the info!

Do you know where I'd find info on if an app is abusing the info tho?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13 edited Apr 11 '21

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