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So to reiterate: > Is it be possible to disable? No. You suggest this is possible with an extension, but it clearly wouldn't be permitted in chrome store (as

So to reiterate: > Is it be possible to disable? No. You suggest this is possible with an extension, but it clearly wouldn't be permitted in chrome store (as per well known ad-blockers). Why wouldn't it be a setting in the browser? Clearly anti-user practices. > Will they be releasing the datasets for how these ML models are constructed? No. You suggest that the code is in the browser (which i doubt - its certainly not at the moment!). Even if it were it is effectively useless without the training datasets. i.e. its a blackbox. > Do sites in "incogito mode" contribute to analysis? No (at least this one is a positive "No") :)

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jefftk 6y ago
> it clearly wouldn't be permitted in chrome store (as per well known ad-blockers) Why wouldn't it be permitted? Many ad blockers [1][2][3] are in the Chrome store. Disabling a browser feature is a very standard usage of extensions. > Why wouldn't it be a setting in the browser? It might be! I don't know what Chrome (or other browsers that choose to implement the API) will decide. The proposal is not that far along yet. You could consider filing an issue at https://github.com/WICG/floc/issues https://github.com/WICG/floc/issues > You suggest that the code is in the browser (which i doubt - its certainly not at the moment!) https://github.com/chromium/chromium/tree/master/chrome/browser/federated_learning/ https://github.com/chromium/chromium/tree/master/chrome/brow... [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa... [2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-plus-free-ad-bloc/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-plus-free-... [3] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ghostery-%E2%80%93-privacy-ad-blo/mlomiejdfkolichcflejclcbmpeaniij?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ghostery-%E2%80%93...
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- supermatt 6y ago
  Anti-trackers are blocked from the chrome store. Adnauseum, for example. That code you linked to collects hashes and sends them to google via chrome sync... There is nothing there that labels cohorts

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> it clearly wouldn't be permitted in chrome store (as per well known ad-blockers) Why wouldn't it be permitted? Many ad blockers [1][2][3] are in the Chrome store. Disabling a browser feature is a very standard usage of extensions. > Why wouldn't it be a setting in the browser? It might be! I don't know what Chrome (or other browsers that choose to implement the API) will decide. The proposal is not that far along yet. You could consider filing an issue at https://github.com/WICG/floc/issues https://github.com/WICG/floc/issues > You suggest that the code is in the browser (which i doubt - its certainly not at the moment!) https://github.com/chromium/chromium/tree/master/chrome/browser/federated_learning/ https://github.com/chromium/chromium/tree/master/chrome/brow... [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa... [2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-plus-free-ad-bloc/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-plus-free-... [3] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ghostery-%E2%80%93-privacy-ad-blo/mlomiejdfkolichcflejclcbmpeaniij?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ghostery-%E2%80%93...

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supermatt 6y ago
Anti-trackers are blocked from the chrome store. Adnauseum, for example. That code you linked to collects hashes and sends them to google via chrome sync... There is nothing there that labels cohorts