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Re:Google’s approach to replacing the cookie is drawing anti... by jefftk on Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:00AM (#26025839)
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)

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Re:Google’s approach to replacing the cookie is drawing anti... by ROARosen on Thursday February 04, 2021 @08:50PM (#26032142)
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.
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