Re:Deconstructing Google’s excuses on tracking protection
by necovek on Saturday August 24, 2019 @04:25PM
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Sure, and a service that is able to scale much better, has a fatter pipe, allows configuration through a web UI...
But in this context, how does this matter? "Origin" is a client/browser side concept, and however you serve your website internally, it appears as one web site. Basically, I replied to a comment bringing CDNs into discussion where they are totally irrelevant.
Origin checks can't protect you against servers forwarding your data to a privacy-invading site (eg Google), and a server can do that simply by being a reverse proxy to another site.
But in this context, how does this matter? "Origin" is a client/browser side concept, and however you serve your website internally, it appears as one web site. Basically, I replied to a comment bringing CDNs into discussion where they are totally irrelevant.
Origin checks can't protect you against servers forwarding your data to a privacy-invading site (eg Google), and a server can do that simply by being a reverse proxy to another site.