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Re:How to Turn Off Google's "Privacy Sandbox" Ad Tracking–an... by unobatbayar on Thursday December 21, 2023 @09:32PM (#38730230)
That helps, but It's still meaningless if your machine has Intel or AMD CPUs running Windows or macOS.
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Re:How to Turn Off Google's "Privacy Sandbox" Ad Tracking–an... by account-5 on Thursday December 21, 2023 @09:37PM (#38730273)
In that case I'm glad to say I'm a happy MX Linux user. I get your point about the OSs especially windows, but what privacy issues are there running intel/amd CPUs?
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Re:How to Turn Off Google's "Privacy Sandbox" Ad Tracking–an... by unobatbayar on Friday December 22, 2023 @12:40AM (#38731308)
Intel/AMD CPUs have Intel Management Engine/Platform Security Processor:

Having full access to your computer's memory, display, network, and all input devices.

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Re:How to Turn Off Google's "Privacy Sandbox" Ad Tracking–an... by account-5 on Friday December 22, 2023 @04:09AM (#38732394)
But how would running Linux stop that?
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Re:How to Turn Off Google's "Privacy Sandbox" Ad Tracking–an... by justoreply on Friday December 22, 2023 @01:01AM (#38731390)
I have an Intel Mac, running Firefox. What is the point?
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