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I like FLoc because I've long wanted a local profile that I can control to some extent. I am aware that ads pay for all the free services I get, so I am not opp
by okareaman 6y ago
I like FLoc because I've long wanted a local profile that I can control to some extent. I am aware that ads pay for all the free services I get, so I am not opposed to ads. I would like to edit this local profile to at least help them show me relevant ads when I do see them.
- nitrogen 6y agoDoes FLoC provide any control to the user? The articles and comments posted here recently give me the impression that it's 100% under the browser's control and hidden.
- okareaman 6y agoI'm assuming that people are good at prying into such things will jailbreak it
- dcow 6y agoWhat? You don’t need to jailbreak anything to: document.interestCohort = null;
- jakopo87 6y agoBeing a function, probably is safer to do: document.interestCohort = () => null; so it does not cause error in Javascript execution.
- okareaman 6y agoI meant learning how to manipulate advertising data so it was more relevant, not disabling it
- livre 6y agoYou are assuming it will be a read-write property but there are a few properties and methods in JavaScript that can't be overwritten and nothing prevents Google from making this one read-only.
- ehsankia 6y agoFrom the proposed spec [0], it's literally just: cohort = await document.interestCohort(); Seems pretty easy to override with a simple extension. [0] https://github.com/WICG/floc https://github.com/WICG/floc
- MikeUt 6y agoFLoC provides zero control - it's just additional personally identifying data sent by your browser, making tracking easier. It does not actually prevent any existing tracking methods.
- okareaman 6y agoThat's a good point. I want to learn more about it before I pass judgment
- ehsankia 6y agoFLoC itself does not prevent fingerprinting, but it's part of the Privacy Sandbox [0] where they are doing a bunch of things to mitigate those kinds of tracking, such as Privacy Budget [1]. Note that other browser suffer from the same issues. [0] https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-privacy/privacy-sandbox https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-privacy/privacy-sandb... [1] https://github.com/bslassey/privacy-budget https://github.com/bslassey/privacy-budget
- Mehdi2277 6y agoFLOC in the spec allows user to disable it. So even with chrome you can always go to the privacy settings and disable floc directly for yourself.
- MikeUt 6y agoThat's literally adding an additional privacy anti-feature, and claiming it "provides control" because it can be disabled, to bring you back to the state of privacy you had before.
- mro_name 6y agowhy don't you pick services you pay for in the first place?
- okareaman 6y agoI like GMail a lot. It has a fantastically good spam filter, a feature that I feel doesn't get enough appreciation.