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Seems like a step in the right direction. There are a bunch of considerations: - It's only a proposal - It only applies to domains in what they call the Maske
by merek 2y ago
Seems like a step in the right direction. There are a bunch of considerations:
- It's only a proposal
- It only applies to domains in what they call the Masked Domain List (MDL), see [1]
- The masked IP will be in the same country and same "coarse location" as your actual IP
- It applies "when users are signed into their Google account in the Chrome browser before starting an Incognito session."
1. https://github.com/GoogleChrome/ip-protection?tab=readme-ov-file#the-masked-domain-list-criteria https://github.com/GoogleChrome/ip-protection?tab=readme-ov-...
- Timshel 2y agoKind of as long as they can track you, it's good if others cannot.
- Xunjin 2y agoThat was my thought, why not allow this feature without the need to login in a Google account?
- orphea 2y agoExactly. It doesn't seem it has anything to do with user privacy. Google just tries to keep tracking data for themselves only.
- Xunjin 2y agoDoesn't that fall in the category of monopolization, which can trigger Antitrust laws?
- spacebanana7 2y agoIt’s a tricky trade off. Most privacy changes have the effect of advantaging the position of big tech. To some extent this is unavoidable because users will actively consent to share data with Google etc but not AdTech startups. For example, Apple’s ATT rules for app tracking made their own App Store search ads more competitive to Facebook. And the removal of third party cookies benefits Google’s banner ad business over rivals.
- reaperducer 2y agoDoes Apple's IP hiding feature work without an iCloud login? I'm not at my computer, so I can't check.
- spacebanana7 2y agoIt requires an active iCloud+ subscription so I don’t see how that’d be possible. However they say that Apple can’t see the final destination of your traffic. https://support.apple.com/en-euro/102602 https://support.apple.com/en-euro/102602
- pluc 2y agoBecause Google is an American corporation and as such will never do something that solely benefits its users and not also itself.
- jisnsm 2y agoUnlike corporations in other countries which gladly give away money and labour to their clients. Or something.
- lozenge 2y agoBecause your use of a proxy is governed by certain terms, and you agreed to them by signing up to a Google account and signing into Chrome?
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y agoPerhaps the parent commenter knew that and was curious what technical reason, if any, Google is using to justify the decision.
- Xunjin 2y agoYes I'm curious about the technical reasons, my mistake in thinking my comment would make that implicit clear to the dear reader.
- gruez 2y agoIt's answered in the document: >IP Protection will use client authentication to limit the ability of bad actors to leverage the proxies to amplify attacks on services on the Masked Domain List. Therefore, IP Protection will only be available to users that have been authenticated using the Google account they're signed in with in the Chrome browser prior to opening a new Incognito window.
- kobalsky 2y agobecause it's not realistic to provide a proxy service without ensuring that the users are legitimate due to abuse, it would be like running a tor exit node. there's no ethical way for Google to provide this service, they just shouldn't.
- imglorp 2y agoYes. This is merely another stab at competition while increasing their own user activity profile corpus. It's so transparent and ludicrous, at first I thought it was an Onion or April Fools post.
- lordofgibbons 2y ago> when users are signed into their Google account in the Chrome browser before starting an Incognito session Sounds like this is just another attempt by Google to gather the data for itself but make it harder for other advertisement companies.
- gruez 2y agoWhat's the data that google is gathering? It doesn't even get what site you're visiting because the traffic is proxied to a CDN partner.
- lordofgibbons 2y agoBy using this, It gets your IP because you have to sign into Google. But other advert platforms don't get your IP
- gruez 2y ago>By using this, It gets your IP because you have to sign into Google If you're already signed into google then they already have your IP. If you're not signed into google they continue to not get your IP or proxied traffic. What's the issue? >But other advert platforms don't get your IP No good deed goes unpunished. Google gets flak for making chrome privacy better, but they also get flak for making chrome privacy worse (see comments about fingerprinting in this thread).