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Electronic Frontier Foundation Aug 2, 2024

Google abandons its promise to block third-party cookies in Chrome, leaving billions vulnerable to online surveillance. We need strong privacy legislation to fight back. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/google-breaks-promise-block-third-party-cookies
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Google Breaks Promise to Block Third-Party Cookies

Last week, Google backtracked on its long-standing promise to block third-party cookies in Chrome. This is bad for your privacy and good for Google's business. Third-party cookies are a pervasive tracking technology that allow companies to snoop on your online activity for surveillance and ad-...

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gz Aug 2, 2024

@eff
I don't use chrome as it's totally insecure and invasive. Why does anybody use it? 🤷‍♂️

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The Green Knight Aug 2, 2024

@godzero @eff I use it for the same reason IE 6 is still used at American banks.

because it's the only supported browser from work.

all my personal browsing happens in FF.

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gz Aug 2, 2024

@GreenKnight23 @eff
That explains why/where you use it but not why it's the only supported browser at work. It's unsafe for corporate data, or any data really. As the IT manager at my last job, I got so many Windows users off the damn thing. Most of the Mac users wanted to keep Safari.

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The Green Knight

@godzero @eff it's the software developed in-house. chrome has the best deliverable UX of all browsers with a uniform experience across all devices. They interpret W3C in a generalized manner that makes it easier to develop features against, but ultimately is less secure.