Cookies to be FLoC'd?
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FYI : see Vivaldi statement about FLoC : https://twitter.com/vivaldibrowser/status/1379685837701517312
We are committed to protecting our users from online trackers, and we would not enable any kind of user behavioral profiling. The FLoC experiment does not work in Vivaldi, because it relies on several hidden preferences being set. We do not enable these options in Vivaldi.
Our future plan is to prevent the Floc component from functioning, no matter which way it is implemented. -
@ra-mon Great to get something concrete from the team on this
If we lose 3rd-party cookies and FLoC won't work, it's a win-win for us as users
Only thing I'm slightly worried about is that some sites might start detecting FLoC status and blocking users if their browser doesn't support it.
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Don't be worried, those bad sites probably don't deserve our visits
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@Pathduck said in Cookies to be FLoC'd?:
Only thing I'm slightly worried about is that some sites might start detecting FLoC status and blocking users if their browser doesn't support it.
That's very easy to fix. Vivaldi is a chromium browser. It can implement FloC in it's entirety but clear FloC data after every session.
If you're really worried about having any FloC data, maybe it could clear every 20 minutes or after every tab close.
My point is Vivaldi could make it near impossible to detect that FloC is disabled while still maintaining privacy if it implements FloC but doesn't save data.
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@guigirl said in Cookies to be FLoC'd?:
The API exists as a browser extension within Google Chrome
Built-in?
If so, glad I don't (won't) use grumble's browser. -
It is already sickly how G tries anything to put strange things on our PC and find out what we do on the Internet, like these street vendors who put their foot in the door to prevent you from closing it, to sell you a vacuum cleaner.
Tracking Cookies, this FLoC, Header sniffing, Referer, Browser sniffing, Fingerprints, E-Tracking ..... enough of the jokes.
Good that V block them, Trace for all others -
Google has started...
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Happiness Tracking Surveys
Oh, how sweet! -
Kum bay ya,
Kum bay ya,
Kum bay ya, -
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@guigirl If you're happy and you know it.."
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@guigirl , maybe. G is sooo happy
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@Gwen-Dragon
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@Stardust HaTS — Benchmarking user happiness since 2014
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@Catweazle thanks! I am so happy now!
BTW you are hired to the Google Tracking&Ads department aka Happiness Tracking Surveys (aka HaTS) dep.
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@Stardust , to clarify the difference, G uses an algorithm for user happiness, in Vivaldi the team does.
A stalker does not make me happier, although he smiles and carries flowers. -
@Gwen-Dragon
but with happiness.
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@Catweazle said in Cookies to be FLoC'd?:
A stalker does not make me happier, although he smiles and carries flowers.
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@guigirl thanks for the info!