Electronic Frontier Foundation
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
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-...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Aug 3, 2024 at 4:35amWeb
Show threadRicardo HarvinAug 3, 2024

@eff "shocked, shocked"...

...that anyone, anywhere, believed they would do that for even a #zeptosecond

Show threadRocinanteAug 3, 2024

@eff

Come over to the Firefox side, Luke ...

Show threadLyricismistAug 3, 2024
@eff Its OK to delete Chrome!
Show threadSimon JohnsonAug 3, 2024

@eff we surely do

But, in the meantime, https://duckduckgo.com/ is a great alternative that protects privacy and blocks surveillance

DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.

The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.

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Show threadAngela ScholderAug 3, 2024

@eff But, Chrome is spyware, isn't it?

🤔

Show threadRejZoRAug 3, 2024
@eff If anyone thinks they tried to do this because they care about privacy you're all fools. They wanted to go this route to establish monopoly on tracking.
Show threadPhil Thane ✅Aug 3, 2024
@eff
1. Use a different browser.
2. Install cookie blockers.
3. Explain to friends and family who just use default apps and settings because they know no better.
4. Repeat step 3 over and over...
@BillySmith
Show threadFactressAug 3, 2024
@eff thank you for this critical info on the total collapse of data privacy in #Chrome #GoogleIsEvil "For example, if you visit WebMD's “HIV & AIDS Resource Center,” you might expect WebMD to get information about your visit to their page. What you probably don't expect, and what third-party cookies enable, is that your visit to WebMD is tracked by dozens of companies you've never heard of. At the time of writing, visiting WebMD’s “HIV & AIDS Resource Center” sets 257 third-party cookies on your browser"
Show threadBandersnatchAug 3, 2024

@eff If you're a techie still using Chrome by choice, you're an asshole.

No excuses, you're helping #Google destroy the web.

Show threadDanie van der MerweAug 3, 2024
@eff Google is really an ad-based business itself and there is no way they can actually go against that, despite all thee well-meaning words and PR - it's their bread and butter. Maybe they should not be in the browser business at all.
Show threadO‘MimesisAug 3, 2024
@eff we need more funds for corporate free open source browsers and advise the legislative to abandon supporting closed code
Show threadGert, ZL2AW 🇳🇿Aug 3, 2024

@eff Interestingly if you tell people what about some stranger standing behind their shoulder seeing every site they visit. They're shocked
But not worried about Google's bad bad ethic's !!!

I've removed all aspects of Google and Microsoft from my life, years ago.
#Linux #GrapheneOS

Best decision ever !