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A comment on Google’s approach to replacing the cookie is drawing antitrust scrutiny. Parent comment

Re:Google’s approach to replacing the cookie is drawing anti... by morelisp on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @05:45PM (#26020220)
It's a good analogy - like oil, companies industry-wide should reduce their dependence on data, and companies that still deal in it should be prepared to deal with heightened legal scrutiny and additional restrictions.
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Re:Google’s approach to replacing the cookie is drawing anti... by r00fus on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @06:14PM (#26020528)
It's all allowed because of Clinton-era bill that legalized data collection in the first place.

Can you imagine? Before that, databases of metadata couldn't be copyrighted without getting consent for the owners of said information.

Perhaps we should our digital ethics going back to basics - corporations shouldn't have a "right" to own data that doesn't belong to them.

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