That’s why software developer Jeff Johnson created a browser extension that does it for you. Right now, only Firefox allows you to set your own font choice. It’s not as easy as switching an option in your browser. You can change your cookie settings or turn on a VPN to stop some online activity tracking, but that’s not enough since these fonts are everywhere. Private or incognito browsing won’t protect you from this tracking. If you want to be shocked, these three creepy lists show everything the tech giant knows about you. This gets lumped in with all the other data Google collects on you everywhere else. Your IP address is your unique online identifier tied to your devices, every webpage you visited, how long you spent there, and the links you click on that page. When you visit a site that uses Google Fonts, you automatically hand it over to Google. Google claims its free tracking fonts help websites load quickly and look the same across your iPhone, Android, Windows PC, Mac and tablet - but it comes at the price of privacy. The company gives away special fonts to website owners, with at least 60 million sites using them. Google also gathers information like the user’s IP address and the website visited, which is, in turn, cross-referenced with other data the tech giant has about the user. When the font file is downloaded from Google, more than just the font loads. Google is using a technique to harvest data that could be overlooked by even the most tech-savvy. Web designers use these free fonts so their sites look great
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