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> if Chrome detects that the page load ads or ads-related resources. Let me guess, “ads-related resources” are not defined, but in a court case in 5-10 years t

> if Chrome detects that the page load ads or ads-related resources. Let me guess, “ads-related resources” are not defined, but in a court case in 5-10 years time it’ll be accidentally revealed that internally Google considers this to include “JavaScript, css, or HTML files”...

martius 6y ago
It's a good idea to read the article: > During the current FLoC origin trial, a page will also be included in the calculation if Chrome detects that the page load ads or ads-related resources. (Ad Tagging in Chromium explains how Chrome's ad detection mechanism works.) Ad tagging? https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/ad_tagging.md https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs... > Ad Tagging works by matching resource requests against a filter list (...) to determine if they’re ad requests. Any requests matching the filter are tagged as ads. Further, requests (and some DOM elements such as iframes) made on behalf of previously tagged scripts are also tagged as ads by the AdTracker. An iframe will be marked as an ad iframe if its url matches the filter list, if tagged script is involved in the creation of the iframe, or if its parent frame is an ad iframe. The main frame of a page will never be tagged as an ad. Any request made within an ad iframe is considered an ad resource request. I can't find what is included in this filter list, I'm not sure it's open source. (mandatory disclaimer: I work at Google, not on Chrome nor ads)
- donmcronald 6y ago
  > Ad Tagging works by matching resource requests against a filter list (...) to determine if they’re ad requests. This list should be shared with UBlock Origin. Let the people decide what they want IMO.
  - BCM43 6y ago
    I'm pretty sure this is the list: https://github.com/chromium/chromium-ads-detection/blob/master/third_party/filter_lists/9.22.0/filter_list https://github.com/chromium/chromium-ads-detection/blob/mast... It's derived from easylist, and (I think) scoped down based on things that actually show up in the top X websites.
tpetry 6y ago
The court case will reveal that google used the string "ad" to search within html documents, thy completely missed that <head> will contain the ad substring...

martius 6y ago

It's a good idea to read the article: > During the current FLoC origin trial, a page will also be included in the calculation if Chrome detects that the page load ads or ads-related resources. (Ad Tagging in Chromium explains how Chrome's ad detection mechanism works.) Ad tagging? https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/ad_tagging.md https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs... > Ad Tagging works by matching resource requests against a filter list (...) to determine if they’re ad requests. Any requests matching the filter are tagged as ads. Further, requests (and some DOM elements such as iframes) made on behalf of previously tagged scripts are also tagged as ads by the AdTracker. An iframe will be marked as an ad iframe if its url matches the filter list, if tagged script is involved in the creation of the iframe, or if its parent frame is an ad iframe. The main frame of a page will never be tagged as an ad. Any request made within an ad iframe is considered an ad resource request. I can't find what is included in this filter list, I'm not sure it's open source. (mandatory disclaimer: I work at Google, not on Chrome nor ads)

donmcronald 6y ago
> Ad Tagging works by matching resource requests against a filter list (...) to determine if they’re ad requests. This list should be shared with UBlock Origin. Let the people decide what they want IMO.
- BCM43 6y ago
  I'm pretty sure this is the list: https://github.com/chromium/chromium-ads-detection/blob/master/third_party/filter_lists/9.22.0/filter_list https://github.com/chromium/chromium-ads-detection/blob/mast... It's derived from easylist, and (I think) scoped down based on things that actually show up in the top X websites.

tpetry 6y ago

The court case will reveal that google used the string "ad" to search within html documents, thy completely missed that <head> will contain the ad substring...