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Unread post by Clasof56 » 2021-04-14, 16:57

hi all, i have been reading a bit about this floc advertising change for google. is there any concern for Palemoon and our privacy...thanks. Clas

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Re: floc

Unread post by Moonchild » 2021-04-14, 17:05

Since we are not building on Google's web engine that Google obviously has more than a few technologies introduced to that directly benefit their advertising, FLoC is simply completely non-existent in UXP. So, no data gathering of behaviour of users, no profile building, and no tracking.
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Re: floc

Unread post by Moonraker » 2021-04-14, 18:36

Will only apply to chrome as most chromium based browsers are intending on disabling it..although whether websites will break because of it is another matter..instead of tracking individuals whole groups can be targeted.

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Re: floc

Unread post by Moonchild » 2021-04-14, 19:07

Moonraker wrote:
2021-04-14, 18:36
Will only apply to chrome as most chromium based browsers are intending on disabling it
But you have to ask yourself how many other things have been added to Chromium that aren't desirable for end users that other Chromium-based browsers may have enabled? I'm sure this is just one example.
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Re: floc

Unread post by Moonraker » 2021-04-18, 07:03

https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-prefe ... gles-floc/

This is microsofts proposal.
parakeet anyone.?
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