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Re:Proposal: Treat FLoC as a security concern by surround on Monday April 19, 2021 @12:38AM (#26859150)
> Not true, FireFox and Safari have had them off by default for over a year now.

Not quite. They will block some 3rd party tracking cookies that fall on their tracking blacklist. If you want to block all 3rd party cookies you have to explicitly disable them.

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Re:Proposal: Treat FLoC as a security concern by om2 on Monday April 19, 2021 @02:39AM (#26859709)
Safari does actually block all third party cookies by default, not just a subset. And has been doing so for about a year now.
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Re:Proposal: Treat FLoC as a security concern by mk81 on Monday April 19, 2021 @08:24AM (#26861933)
If I understand correctly, they allow 3rd-party cookies but delete them at the end of the browsing session rather than respecting the expiry.
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