minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoChrome updates Incognito warning to admit Google tracks users in “private” modearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1386cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1386external-linkChrome updates Incognito warning to admit Google tracks users in “private” modearstechnica.comminnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zip
minus-squareWilkerlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·11 months agoDo-Not-Track requests is nothing but a header on GET. at best, it’s useless, with exceptions from websites that already barely track you. at worst, it’s another data point for fingerprinting your browser.
minus-squareElise@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoYa so a good reason to include it in the next wave of legislation, if it wasn’t already in one.
minus-squareThe Doctor@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoSo, how much to buy a couple of lobbyists to get this ball rolling?
minus-squareElise@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoEhh just sit back and wait for the EU to lead in privacy once more.
Do-Not-Track requests is nothing but a header on GET. at best, it’s useless, with exceptions from websites that already barely track you. at worst, it’s another data point for fingerprinting your browser.
Ya so a good reason to include it in the next wave of legislation, if it wasn’t already in one.
So, how much to buy a couple of lobbyists to get this ball rolling?
Ehh just sit back and wait for the EU to lead in privacy once more.
yeah that’s fair