Tracking is here to stay.
Google has just updated Chrome to kill a secretive form of tracking most of you didn’t even realize was there. It should be a good news story. But it has been overshadowed by the worrying news that Chrome’s more infamous form of tracking is here to stay, and that a separate, outlawed form of tracking has also returned.
First to that good news. Google confirmed the stable release of Chrome 136 this week, which stops bad actors abusing Chrome’s display of previously visited webpage links to assemble a history of where you’ve been, or more realistically publishing links to determine which of you visiting its site have been to specific webpages.
As Google…