Google Will Turn Off Cookies for 30 Million People on January 4::Google’s cookie-killing “Privacy Sandbox” project is finally set to begin.

  • my_hat_stinks@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    In place of cookies, Google has introduced a new set of tools that makes the Chrome browser itself keep tabs on what you’re doing online.

    So instead of cookies which can be blocked or deleted relatively simply there’s spyware baked directly into the browser. How is this an improvement for the user?

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      10 months ago

      How is this an improvement for the user?

      Wrong question. You should be asking, how is this an improvement for owners and shareholders? There’s money to be made somehow, right?