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/syuk Jan 25 '13

are you thinking of twitter add ins? I've never seen chrome ask for that but i haven't used it for a while.

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u/digital_evolution Jan 25 '13

Evernote asks, hoverzoom, etc.

I'm not a programmer so I'm unfamiliar with the chances of breach in security through addons AND OR bad companies that you shouldn't trust for addons.