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Re:Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements ... by JW_00000 on Monday July 15, 2024 @07:35AM (#40966903)
A major difference is that the data is stored in your browser, and aggregated anonymously by Mozilla (also using differential privacy). Using the techniques you refer to, the ad platforms both store the data and then aggregate it, possibly promising to add differential privacy. The advantages I see are: (1) you can verify which data is collected by the browser and when/how it is sent to Mozilla, because this code is open source and running on your machine; (2) you maybe trust Mozilla more than an ad company.
Re:Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements ... by pietervdvn on Monday July 15, 2024 @08:18AM (#40967161)
According to their blog post, Let's Encrypt will run the aggregator service - which is even better.
Re:Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements ... by account42 on Monday July 15, 2024 @08:23AM (#40967200)
Better for whom? Even more of normal internet operations flowing through ISRG is concerning itself. Let's Encrypt alone already gives them more power than any private organization should have.
Re:Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements ... by throwawa14223 on Monday July 15, 2024 @10:21AM (#40968129)
That’s bad because it could make it difficult to block.
Re:Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements ... by ants_everywhere on Monday July 15, 2024 @08:51AM (#40967410)
I was under the impression that click data is stored in your browser under Webkit's Private Click Measurement. Am I misunderstanding?

For example, here's a 2021 blog post describing the protocol

https://webkit.org/blog/11529/introducing-private-click-meas...