#floc — Public Fediverse posts

The deadline for submission of abstracts to #IMLA (Intuitionistic Modal Logic and Applications) has been extended to 30 April. It would be great if I were to see some of you there (at least, at the banquet for that weekend's #FLoC workshops).

"Constructive and intuitionistic modal logics, and their connections with type theory and computation, remain foundationally and practically significant in computer science, logic, and related areas. These include applications in type disciplines, meta-logics for computational phenomena, and explanatory frameworks in philosophical logic. The workshop aims to explore theoretical and methodological issues at the intersection of constructive proof theory and modal semantics, as well as practical questions about which modal connectives and rules best capture computational phenomena at appropriate levels of abstraction."

**Invited speakers**
- Danel Ahman (University of Tartu, Estonia)
- Brigitte Pientka (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
- Ranald Clouston (ANU, Canberra, Australia)
- More to be confirmed

https://sonia-marin.github.io/imla26/

#ModalLogic #IntuitionisticLogic #Logic

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#InsiderBuying #TheInsidersFund #FLOC #OilAndGas #EnergyStocks #DirectorBuying #InvestorStrategy #FinancialAnalysis #CommodityStocks

Google halts its 4-plus-year plan to turn off tracking cookies by default in Chrome - Enlarge / Google, like most of us, has a hard time letting go of cookie... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2038576 #thirdpartycookies #trackingcookies #privacysandbox #googlechrome #firefox #mozilla #google #chrome #apple #tech #floc

Google admits it can’t quite quit third-party cookies https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/07/google-admits-it-cant-quite-quit-third-party-cookies #thirdpartycookies #privacysandbox #Privacy #chrome #Google #News #floc

Firefox 128 實作廣告投放蒐集功能 (Ad measurement)

六月底的時候就有一些消息，然後這幾天熱起來了，先是 Hacker News 上這兩篇，在講 Firefox 128 (現在的 stable 版) 預設開啟了廣告蒐集行為：「Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preser

https://blog.gslin.org/archives/2024/07/15/11890/firefox-128-%e5%af%a6%e4%bd%9c%e5%bb%a3%e5%91%8a%e6%8a%95%e6%94%be%e8%92%90%e9%9b%86%e5%8a%9f%e8%83%bd-ad-measurement/

#Browser #Computer #Firefox #Murmuring #Network #Privacy #Software #WWW #ad #advertisement #firefox #floc #measurement #mozilla #privacy

@oblomov My initial gut reaction was the same. And I still think it may be wise to opt out of this experiment until it is better understood.

But what if this initiative could indeed serve as a privacy-preserving replacement for #tracking? It looks better than all the terrible ideas Google came up with to replace cookies (#FLoC #PrivacySandbox #TopicsAPI) let alone #browserFingerprinting.

Here is my take on Mozilla's #privacyPreservingAttribution aka #privateAttribution: https://suma-ev.social/@christian/112761712837712799

@oblomov My initial gut reaction was the same. And I still think it may be wise to opt out of this experiment until it is better understood.

But what if this initiative could indeed serve as a privacy-preserving replacement for #tracking? It looks better than all the terrible ideas Google came up with to replace cookies (#FLoC #PrivacySandbox #TopicsAPI) let alone #browserFingerprinting.

Here is my take on Mozilla's #privacyPreservingAttribution aka #privateAttribution: https://suma-ev.social/@christian/112761712837712799

@oblomov My initial gut reaction was the same. And I still think it may be wise to opt out of this experiment until it is better understood.

But what if this initiative could indeed serve as a privacy-preserving replacement for #tracking? It looks better than all the terrible ideas Google came up with to replace cookies (#FLoC #PrivacySandbox #TopicsAPI) let alone #browserFingerprinting.

Here is my take on Mozilla's #privacyPreservingAttribution aka #privateAttribution: https://suma-ev.social/@christian/112761712837712799

@oblomov My initial gut reaction was the same. And I still think it may be wise to opt out of this experiment until it is better understood.

But what if this initiative could indeed serve as a privacy-preserving replacement for #tracking? It looks better than all the terrible ideas Google came up with to replace cookies (#FLoC #PrivacySandbox #TopicsAPI) let alone #browserFingerprinting.

Here is my take on Mozilla's #privacyPreservingAttribution aka #privateAttribution: https://suma-ev.social/@christian/112761712837712799

@oblomov My initial gut reaction was the same. And I still think it may be wise to opt out of this experiment until it is better understood.

But what if this initiative could indeed serve as a privacy-preserving replacement for #tracking? It looks better than all the terrible ideas Google came up with to replace cookies (#FLoC #PrivacySandbox #TopicsAPI) let alone #browserFingerprinting.

Here is my take on Mozilla's #privacyPreservingAttribution aka #privateAttribution: https://suma-ev.social/@christian/112761712837712799

#DataPrivacyWeek Day 5

Since #privacy online became a broader concern, #BigTech companies now attempt to appear privacy-oriented while just changing the way they spy on their users.

Such is the case with #Google disabling third-party cookies in #Chrome and developing technologies such as #FLoC or #Topics, both of which we've opposed from the very beginning.

Yes, our browser is based on #Chromium, but we do a lot of modifications to the code and take special measures to always protect our users and their privacy.

Read more: https://vivaldi.com/blog/news/alert-no-google-topics-in-vivaldi/

@dangillmor Coincidentally, I just noticed that, on Linux at least, the chrome-sandbox binary is installed setUID root. This appears to be related to Google’s forthcoming cookie-less tracking but WTF is it doing?
Flipping the s bit off doesn’t cause any immediately obvious problem.
#spyware #FLoC

And Google has abandoned #WebEnvironmentIntegrity. Yay! The End!

Mm... No! Google has 'heard your feedback' and has instead created 'WebView Media Integrity API' that is 'narrowly scoped' and 'only targets' #AndroidWebView.

Think about it - now they don't have to listen to anyone's 'feedback'. And if you think the scope is going to remain narrow, boy! I have news for you! #FLoC/Topics anyone? Fool me once - shame on you! Fool me twice...

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/11/increasing-trust-for-embedded-media.html

And Google has abandoned #WebEnvironmentIntegrity. Yay! The End!

Mm... No! Google has 'heard your feedback' and has instead created 'WebView Media Integrity API' that is 'narrowly scoped' and 'only targets' #AndroidWebView.

Think about it - now they don't have to listen to anyone's 'feedback'. And if you think the scope is going to remain narrow, boy! I have news for you! #FLoC/Topics anyone? Fool me once - shame on you! Fool me twice...

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/11/increasing-trust-for-embedded-media.html

And Google has abandoned #WebEnvironmentIntegrity. Yay! The End!

Mm... No! Google has 'heard your feedback' and has instead created 'WebView Media Integrity API' that is 'narrowly scoped' and 'only targets' #AndroidWebView.

Think about it - now they don't have to listen to anyone's 'feedback'. And if you think the scope is going to remain narrow, boy! I have news for you! #FLoC/Topics anyone? Fool me once - shame on you! Fool me twice...

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/11/increasing-trust-for-embedded-media.html

And Google has abandoned #WebEnvironmentIntegrity. Yay! The End!

Mm... No! Google has 'heard your feedback' and has instead created 'WebView Media Integrity API' that is 'narrowly scoped' and 'only targets' #AndroidWebView.

Think about it - now they don't have to listen to anyone's 'feedback'. And if you think the scope is going to remain narrow, boy! I have news for you! #FLoC/Topics anyone? Fool me once - shame on you! Fool me twice...

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/11/increasing-trust-for-embedded-media.html

And Google has abandoned #WebEnvironmentIntegrity. Yay! The End!

Mm... No! Google has 'heard our feedback' and has instead created 'WebView Media Integrity API' that is 'narrowly scoped' and 'only targets' #AndroidWebView.

Think about it - now they don't have to listen to anyone's 'feedback'. And if you think the scope is going to remain narrow, boy! I have news for you! #FLoC/Topics anyone? Fool me once - shame on you! Fool me twice...

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/11/increasing-trust-for-embedded-media.html

We'd opposed #Google's 'dangerous' Web integrity API proposal. Now they are backing off!

This is massively positive for the neutrality of the open Web. Though Google is so heavily driven by its interests rather than the benefit of the Web in general, it remains to be seen (and we strongly suspect it won’t take long) what they choose to replace it with.
Are they, for example, preparing a seemingly less obnoxious spec that is actually just as harmful to users (as they did with #FLOC & #Topics)?
It is highly suspicious that it coincides with their recent announcement to move from pay-per-click to pay-per-impression for ads.
Generally, Google hasn’t shown itself to be a trustworthy custodian of the web & we can’t let this apparent victory lure us into resting on our laurels.
A strong diversity of browsers & browser engines is going to be crucial to counteract any future attempt by a single party to dictate the future of the web.

For more on this, head to our blog. ⬇️
https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/

#WEI #WebEnvironmentIntegrity

We'd opposed #Google's 'dangerous' Web integrity API proposal. Now they are backing off!

This is massively positive for the neutrality of the open Web. Though Google is so heavily driven by its interests rather than the benefit of the Web in general, it remains to be seen (and we strongly suspect it won’t take long) what they choose to replace it with.
Are they, for example, preparing a seemingly less obnoxious spec that is actually just as harmful to users (as they did with #FLOC & #Topics)?
It is highly suspicious that it coincides with their recent announcement to move from pay-per-click to pay-per-impression for ads.
Generally, Google hasn’t shown itself to be a trustworthy custodian of the web & we can’t let this apparent victory lure us into resting on our laurels.
A strong diversity of browsers & browser engines is going to be crucial to counteract any future attempt by a single party to dictate the future of the web.

For more on this, head to our blog. ⬇️
https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/

#WEI #WebEnvironmentIntegrity

We'd opposed #Google's 'dangerous' Web integrity API proposal. Now they are backing off!

This is massively positive for the neutrality of the open Web. Though Google is so heavily driven by its interests rather than the benefit of the Web in general, it remains to be seen (and we strongly suspect it won’t take long) what they choose to replace it with.
Are they, for example, preparing a seemingly less obnoxious spec that is actually just as harmful to users (as they did with #FLOC & #Topics)?
It is highly suspicious that it coincides with their recent announcement to move from pay-per-click to pay-per-impression for ads.
Generally, Google hasn’t shown itself to be a trustworthy custodian of the web & we can’t let this apparent victory lure us into resting on our laurels.
A strong diversity of browsers & browser engines is going to be crucial to counteract any future attempt by a single party to dictate the future of the web.

For more on this, head to our blog. ⬇️
https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/

#WEI #WebEnvironmentIntegrity

We'd opposed #Google's 'dangerous' Web integrity API proposal. Now they are backing off!

This is massively positive for the neutrality of the open Web. Though Google is so heavily driven by its interests rather than the benefit of the Web in general, it remains to be seen (and we strongly suspect it won’t take long) what they choose to replace it with.
Are they, for example, preparing a seemingly less obnoxious spec that is actually just as harmful to users (as they did with #FLOC & #Topics)?
It is highly suspicious that it coincides with their recent announcement to move from pay-per-click to pay-per-impression for ads.
Generally, Google hasn’t shown itself to be a trustworthy custodian of the web & we can’t let this apparent victory lure us into resting on our laurels.
A strong diversity of browsers & browser engines is going to be crucial to counteract any future attempt by a single party to dictate the future of the web.

For more on this, head to our blog. ⬇️
https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/

#WEI #WebEnvironmentIntegrity

We'd opposed #Google's 'dangerous' Web integrity API proposal. Now they are backing off!

This is massively positive for the neutrality of the open Web. Though Google is so heavily driven by its interests rather than the benefit of the Web in general, it remains to be seen (and we strongly suspect it won’t take long) what they choose to replace it with.
Are they, for example, preparing a seemingly less obnoxious spec that is actually just as harmful to users (as they did with #FLOC & #Topics)?
It is highly suspicious that it coincides with their recent announcement to move from pay-per-click to pay-per-impression for ads.
Generally, Google hasn’t shown itself to be a trustworthy custodian of the web & we can’t let this apparent victory lure us into resting on our laurels.
A strong diversity of browsers & browser engines is going to be crucial to counteract any future attempt by a single party to dictate the future of the web.

For more on this, head to our blog. ⬇️
https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/

#WEI #WebEnvironmentIntegrity

How To Turn Off Google’s “Privacy Sandbox” Ad Tracking—and Why You Should https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/how-turn-googles-privacy-sandbox-ad-tracking-and-why-you-should

If you use Chrome, you can disable this feature through a series of three confusing settings.

#Google #Chrome #FLoC #PrivacySandbox #AdTracking

#Google #AdTracking #Privacy #DataProtection #FLoC #Cookies: "Don't let Chrome's big redesign distract you from the fact that Chrome's invasive new ad platform, ridiculously branded the "Privacy Sandbox," is also getting a widespread rollout in Chrome today. If you haven't been following this, this feature will track the web pages you visit and generate a list of advertising topics that it will share with web pages whenever they ask, and it's built directly into the Chrome browser. It's been in the news previously as "FLoC" and then the "Topics API," and despite widespread opposition from just about every non-advertiser in the world, Google owns Chrome and is one of the world's biggest advertising companies, so this is being railroaded into the production builds.

Google seemingly knows this won't be popular. Unlike the glitzy front-page Google blog post that the redesign got, the big ad platform launch announcement is tucked away on the privacysandbox.com page. The blog post says the ad platform is hitting "general availability" today, meaning it has rolled out to most Chrome users. This has been a long time coming, with the APIs rolling out about a month ago and a million incremental steps in the beta and dev builds, but now the deed is finally done."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/googles-widely-opposed-ad-platform-the-privacy-sandbox-launches-in-chrome/

Remember the huge outcry when Google originally announced FLoC?

Yeah, Google simply renamed it and progressively rolls it out with the new Chrome version. You can't win.

Use Firefox.

#Google #Chrome #Firefox #FLoC #AdTopics

Remember the huge outcry when Google originally announced FLoC?

Yeah, Google simply renamed it and progressively rolls it out with the new Chrome version. You can't win.

Use Firefox.

#Google #Chrome #Firefox #FLoC #AdTopics

Remember the huge outcry when Google originally announced FLoC?

Yeah, Google simply renamed it and progressively rolls it out with the new Chrome version. You can't win.

Use Firefox.

#Google #Chrome #Firefox #FLoC #AdTopics

Remember the huge outcry when Google originally announced FLoC?

Yeah, Google simply renamed it and progressively rolls it out with the new Chrome version. You can't win.

Use Firefox.

#Google #Chrome #Firefox #FLoC #AdTopics

Remember the huge outcry when Google originally announced FLoC?

Yeah, Google simply renamed it and progressively rolls it out with the new Chrome version. You can't win.

Use Firefox.

#Google #Chrome #Firefox #FLoC #AdTopics

"While Apple’s advertising business is rapidly growing, Google will still be Google. The company owns the world’s largest browser and search engine, and a huge advertising network. Topics might differ from FLoC, but it’s purpose remains the same: to maintain Google’s control over the ads we see."

#MattBurgess, 2022

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-floc-cookies-chrome-topics

#SurveillanceCapitalism #ads #cookies #Google #FLOC #Topics

#Gitlab uses #Snowplow¹ to track users, which IIUC makes use of #FLoC. Not too surprising for a CIA-funded² project. 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20220811090954/docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/snowplow/ 2. https://www.iqt.org/portfolio?&taxonomy=tech_areas&tax_id=152

#UngoogledChromium is #FLoC-free: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/issues/1474

@peter Ist am Ende auch nur die nächste Runde im Katz-und-Maus-Spiel... #floc #topics
https://www.googlewatchblog.de/2022/02/topics-google-tracking-chrome/

@rysiek Keep it. You know #Google will try #FLoC again in 6,12,18,24 and 30 months, unless they find an even more dystopian way of tracking everyone.

Google aurait annoncé la mort de FLoC, son alternative aux cookies publicitaires, parce que la technologie n'a pas fourni la confidentialité promise, selon les tests réalisés par des chercheurs

> Les cookies mémorisent des informations sur vos connexions ou sur ce que vous avez regardé sur un site d'achat. Les annonceurs utilisent ces i…
https://securite.developpez.com/actu/333253/Google-aurait-annonce-la-mort-de-FLoC-son-alternative-aux-cookies-publicitaires-parce-que-la-technologie-n-a-pas-fourni-la-confidentialite-promise-selon-les-tests-realises-par-des-chercheurs/

#Cookies #FLoC #Google #Publicité #Tracking #Vie_privée #Données_personnelles #RevueDePresse #Shaarli2Mastodon

29.03.2022 #datenschutz #dsgvo #googletopics #floc #podcast
Google Topics, Google Floc und Cookies sowie Star Trek Computer.

Google möchte Cookies loswerden. Das Konzept heißt Google Topics. Topics ist der Nachfolger von FloC, einem in Europa wohl als gescheitert zu bezeichnenden Versuch, Cookies zu vermeiden.

Im Datenschutz Deluxe Podcast sprechen wir hierüber und über Stark Trek Computer sowie Cookies.
https://dr-dsgvo.de/google-topics-google-floc-und-cookies-sowie-star-trek-computer/

@labrit @mikelgs @desertorea @bertol Googlek #FLoC alde bateta utzi eta #Topics iragarri du:
https://es.digitaltrends.com/negocios/google-anuncia-topics-nueva-herramienta-para-anuncios-web/

Ez dut batzuen eta besteen proposamenetan sakondu baina ematen du modu batera edo bestera azkenean cookiek kentzea lortuko dutela. Hori iruditzen zait niri behintzat.

@louisrcouture @walruslifestyle @aral Agreed with you on Brave. But from my reading of the proposal, that is NOT what Firefox is doing. That was what #GOOGLE was doing with #FLoC.

Mozilla's proposal is about letting ad billing happen without violating privacy. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KpdSKD8-Rn0bWPTu4UtK54ks0yv2j22pA5SrAD9av4s/edit#

I haven't done, or seen, a technical evaluation of it it lives up to that promise. But Mozilla's effort is not even tackling the same problem domain as #FLoC.

@angdraug @vandrar @joel I disliked #FLoC also. I don't know enough about this to judge, but it fundamentally isn't even about solving the same problems as FLoC was (FLoC was about targeting, whils this is about conversions and has nothing to do with profiles, etc.) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KpdSKD8-Rn0bWPTu4UtK54ks0yv2j22pA5SrAD9av4s/edit# is the proposal.

Mozilla says Google's new social group tracking/labelling of users into 'FLoC's' does not protect user privacy: #Infosec #News #Cybersecurity #FLoC #Privacy #HumanRights #Internet #Advertising #Tracking #DataAggregators #Analytics #Google #Mozilla

https://thehackernews.com/2021/06/mozilla-says-googles-new-ad.html

#ActuLibre Floc de Google, pour remplacer les cookies à lire sur https://andre-ani.fr/divers-informatique/floc-de-google-pour-remplacer-les-cookies/ #DiversInformatique #Google #floc

#ActuLibre Floc de Google, pour remplacer les cookies à lire sur https://andre-ani.fr/divers-informatique/floc-de-google-pour-remplacer-les-cookies/ #DiversInformatique #Google #floc

Hey, ich sehe gerade:
#Dataskydd haben in ihr Webseiten-Analysetool #Webbkoll eine Prüfung auf den Header aufgenommen, der #FLoC verhindern soll! 👍

Im Abschnitt "Raw headers" wird dann für den Header "permissions-policy" der Wert "interest-cohort=()" angegeben. Als Beispiel die vorbildlich-schnelle Umsetzung von @digitalcourage:

https://webbkoll.dataskydd.net/en/results?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitalcourage.social%2F

Hey, ich sehe gerade:
#Dataskydd haben in ihr Webseiten-Analysetool #Webbkoll eine Prüfung auf den Header aufgenommen, der #FLoC verhindern soll! 👍

Im Abschnitt "Raw headers" wird dann für den Header "permissions-policy" der Wert "interest-cohort=()" angegeben. Als Beispiel die vorbildlich-schnelle Umsetzung von @digitalcourage:

https://webbkoll.dataskydd.net/en/results?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitalcourage.social%2F

#ActuLibre Floc de Google, pour remplacer les cookies à lire sur https://andre-ani.fr/divers-informatique/floc-de-google-pour-remplacer-les-cookies/ #DiversInformatique #Google #floc

#ActuLibre Floc de Google, pour remplacer les cookies à lire sur https://andre-ani.fr/divers-informatique/floc-de-google-pour-remplacer-les-cookies/ #DiversInformatique #Google #floc

"What we do [by disabling #FLoC] is mostly symbolic. We send a clear message to Google that - as part of the community of the makers of the web - we don't want our tools to hurt people's privacy and security." #FLoCoff https://github.com/symfony/symfony/pull/40989#issuecomment-829351351

📬Lesetipps: Malware-Cryptojacking, Facebook-Zensur, drohendes Oracle📬 https://tarnkappe.info/lesetipps-malware-cryptojacking-facebook-zensur-drohendes-oracle/ #DamodardasModi #MarkZuckerberg #StefanundSven #Datenschutz #Lesetipps #Luca-App #MunichRe #oracle #FLoC