Weepy Ads for Google Chrome: Is the Love Affair Over?

The latest spot's star can't accept that

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Google's cavalier attitude toward privacy makes its latest spot for the Chrome browser—by Google Creative Lab and BBH New York—feel kind of awkward, as the subject matter veers dangerously close to cyberstalking. Meet Mark Potter, who uses Chrome and related tools in an all-out effort to win back his ex-girlfriend, Jen. She ditched him because, among other things, he spent too much time at work, presumably hacking around online. Now, he's clicking away at his keyboard, obsessively importing Jen's image into every manner of media to convince her to meet him for coffee.

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