All change for Google Chrome Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto If you’re a Chrome user you’re being tracked. We hoped it would be less invasive by now with the death of tracking cookies. But it isn’t. In fact it’s worse with the surprise revival of digital fingerprinting, a practice even Google has described as “wrong.” But there’s finally … Read more
You will be tracked—everywhere. getty Republished on February 8th with new analysis into Google’s tracking cookie replacement and implications for Chrome’s 3 billion users. Google has a tracking problem. Nowhere is this more acute than with Chrome, the world’s most popular browser and front-end to the company’s marketing machine. Last year, Google reversed its decision … Read more
This update is a surprise Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto Microsoft and Google have been embroiled in a fairly intense browser battle over recent weeks, with the Chrome-maker accusing the Windows-maker of tricking its users by either hiding or mimicking its products. The contest has pitched Chrome versus Edge, with the former maintaining its unassailable lead. But in … Read more
Say hello to 2025—you will be tracked. getty Updated on January 11 with further information on Google’s new mobile privacy challenge in the U.S. courts, and parallels to its controversial digital fingerprinting now making a return. An ironic spat this week in the world of big tech. Google attacked Microsoft for “its long history of … Read more