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> user tracking is required by websites to prevent being completely defrauded by ad providers / advertisers being defrauded by click bot farms. Maybe don't pay

• spiderfarmer 9y ago
  How would you keep track of the sales without cookies? Most people don't buy on the first visit.
  • ForHackernews 9y ago
    Unless I'm misunderstanding, the technology described in the article is designed to fight against cross-site tracking (i.e. following users all over the internet to different sites) I suspect few users would object to a single web property remembering them across multiple visits.
    • spiderfarmer 9y ago
      So you'll have to rely on the webshop to keep track of purchases? I'd rather have a third party involved that has to keep both the publisher and the advertiser happy.
• ryan-c 9y ago
  That gets defrauded via a technique called "cookie stuffing". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_stuffing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_stuffing
  • ThrowAway123543 9y ago
    ...which can be stymied by using first-party cookies for lead attribution, which is exactly what webkit is recommending that sites switch to. Voila!