Re:Google’s approach to replacing the cookie is drawing anti...
by jefftk on Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:00AM
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The argument in the linked post is not that Privacy Sandbox is "unacceptable to privacy-concerned folks which don't trust Google" but "unacceptable to ad tech companies who want to be able to continue to use third-party cookies".
> the solution is basically putting trust in Google
None of the privacy sandbox proposals require trusting Google: https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-privacy/privacy-sandb...
(Disclosure: I work for Google, speaking only for myself)
Re:Google’s approach to replacing the cookie is drawing anti...
by ROARosen on Thursday February 04, 2021 @08:50PM
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Fair enough, but by trust I meant trust in Google's stewardship of the initiative, not trust in the sense of them actually handling data. That is what -justly or not- concerns some of my friends.
It doesn't need to be worse for it to be unacceptable to privacy-concerned folks which don't trust Google. It is just about the same to them since an untrustable entity like Google is stewarding it.
Which BTW makes it worse since the solution is basically putting trust in Google which just brings on more and undefined privacy issues.