Google’s cookie-killing “Privacy Sandbox” project is finally set to begin.

Google Will Turn Off Cookies for 30 Million People on January 4::Google’s cookie-killing “Privacy Sandbox” project is finally set to begin.

  • my_hat_stinksEnglish
    187•11 months ago

    In place of cookies, Google has introduced a new set of tools that makes the Chrome browser itself keep tabs on what you’re doing online.

    So instead of cookies which can be blocked or deleted relatively simply there’s spyware baked directly into the browser. How is this an improvement for the user?

    • @oDDmONEnglish
      75•11 months ago

      How is this an improvement for the user?

      Wrong question. You should be asking, how is this an improvement for owners and shareholders? There’s money to be made somehow, right?

    • @carl_dungeonEnglish
      68•11 months ago

      It finally convinces you to stop using chrome, so an improvement.

      • @ilmagicoEnglish
        7•11 months ago

        Will Chromium-based browsers also have this “feature”, or can they turn it off (and will they)? Or is firefox the only safe alternative left?

        • @carl_dungeonEnglish
          3•11 months ago

          I use a mix of browsers, but I don’t think all chromium get this automatically- most are forks from further upstream I think? Vivaldi is my favorite non-chrome chromium.

    • @residentmarchantEnglish
      24•11 months ago

      It’s not, it just blocks others from tracking you, giving Google a stronger monopoly

    • @[email protected]English
      1•11 months ago

      The user? Why would Google care about the user? They don’t even care about their advertisers.