#topicsapi — Public Fediverse posts
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@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
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CW: Long thread/31
But all that puffery conspicuously failed to mention that Google had quietly rolled out its long-discredited, new surveillance technology, #FLOC, which it pretended to kill in 2021:
https://pluralistic.net/2021/04/22/ihor-kolomoisky/#not-that-competition
#FLOC is back, rebranded as the #TopicsAPI: this is a system for spying on you so advertisers can target you. Google is spinning this as a privacy *improvement* because it might someday replace #ThirdPartyCookies, one of the creepiest web surveillance systems.
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#Google says its #TopicsAPI is ready: #PrivacySandbox is shipping in #Chrome—finally. So, la $GOOG is preparing to switch off #tracking #cookies.
Sinister land grab? In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we see both sides. At #TechstrongGroup’s #SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2023/09/google-privacy-sandbox-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc