Google sued for 'clandestine tracking' of UK iPhone users' browsing data

Re:Google sued for 'clandestine tracking' of UK iPhone users... by noncoml on Monday May 21, 2018 @02:32PM (#17120585)

> Specifically, Google used a bit of JavaScript code – the workaround – to bypass Safari’s default blocking of third-party cookies

IMHO this clearly breaks their "Don't be evil" principle.

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Re:Google sued for 'clandestine tracking' of UK iPhone users... by sp332 on Monday May 21, 2018 @02:36PM (#17120625)

Don't worry, they're fixing it. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/21/google-seems-to-have-removed...

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Re:Google sued for 'clandestine tracking' of UK iPhone users... by 21 on Monday May 21, 2018 @04:20PM (#17121505)

"Don't be evil" is discriminatory against evil persons. As long as you don't break the law, being evil is not illegal.

They have a right as anyone else not to be discriminated against or presented in a bad light.

I applaud the courage of Google to increase diversity by appealing to and allowing evil persons in it's midst.

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Re:Google sued for 'clandestine tracking' of UK iPhone users... by sp332 on Monday May 21, 2018 @04:31PM (#17121583)

Catching up to IBM. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5138866

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Re:Google sued for 'clandestine tracking' of UK iPhone users... by gervase on Monday May 21, 2018 @06:06PM (#17122264)

I applaud these steps, and I hope they include concrete plans for addressing the good-evil hiring gap in their next diversity report. Perhaps a community outreach program to get middle schoolers more interested in becoming evildoers?

Not enough companies are addressing this issue!

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Re:Google sued for 'clandestine tracking' of UK iPhone users... by ssambros on Monday May 21, 2018 @03:32PM (#17121104)

https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct.html

"And remember… don’t be evil, and if you see something that you think isn’t right – speak up!

Last updated April 5, 2018"

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Re:Google sued for 'clandestine tracking' of UK iPhone users... by mtgx on Monday May 21, 2018 @02:54PM (#17120775)

Google: "Being evil is now officially an option."

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Re:Google sued for 'clandestine tracking' of UK iPhone users... by maxxxxx on Monday May 21, 2018 @03:28PM (#17121065)

The new principle is "Don't get caught".

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Re:Google sued for 'clandestine tracking' of UK iPhone users... by endymi0n on Monday May 21, 2018 @05:26PM (#17121971)

Playing the devil’s advocate here: Depending on whether you think that 3rd party tracking cookies are a feature that should be opt-out or a bug that should be opt-in, it‘s just as plausible to classify this move as a fair defense against Apple, who unilaterally decided to both not allow any other browser on „their“ ecosystem (in case you don‘t know, iOS Chrome is basically just another skin on a decelerated version of Safari because that‘s all they allow) – and then generally blocking all third-party cookies in order to sabotage their competitors.

Apple‘s behaviour here is clearly the protectionism of an ecosystem monopolist that’s just as misguided, thinly disguised as privacy feature.

Some prior art was when Microsoft made the Do-Not-Track header opt-out instead of opt-in in order to get a consumer edge. The ad industry as a whole decided to ignore the flag just for IE, but there wasn‘t ever a legal case on that disregard of intended behavior IIRC.

I‘m not sure though who‘s more evil here and if this kind of circumvention was fair game or went too far.

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