I wonder if they've built in something like the (anything but) privacy-sandbox and if they haven't done that yet how long will they wait?
Google outlines Outline SDK: Censorship, geo-block-beating tool to drop into apps
Google has begun breaking out its Outline proxy client-server code into an SDK so developers can eventually bake the censorship-evading tech into their apps. First, for those who don't know: Google's Jigsaw internet freedom unit offers an open source project called Outline that consists of a client and a manager. You use the …
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Thursday 14th September 2023 12:20 GMT Kevin McMurtrie
More garbage for Play Store
App developers easily use this to put hostile advertising and personal data collection in their junk apps in a way that's difficult to detect or block. Google sells ads, Google steals privacy, Google sells evil developers cloud proxies, and Google makes more $$$$$$$$$$$.
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Thursday 14th September 2023 13:07 GMT Ball boy
There's a trust issue at stake
So, rather than allow a Government to possibly spy on my comms or have authoritarian regimes block what sites I can visit, I'm meant to put all my faith in a company that makes the vast bulk of its revenue by using the marketing data it has syphoned off from the very people passing through its services?
Not sure I like that very much.