Google's Privacy Sandbox more like a privacy mirage, campaigners claim

Privacy campaigner noyb has filed a GDPR complaint regarding Google's Privacy Sandbox, alleging that turning on a "Privacy Feature" in the Chrome browser resulted in unwanted tracking by the US megacorp. The Privacy Sandbox API was introduced in 2023 as part of Google's grand plan to eliminate third-party tracking cookies. …

[Stuart Castle]

Why am I not surprised that a company that exists to track users and sell their data, is found to track users when they promised not to?

[Alumoi]

Why am I not surprised that a company is lying through its teeth?

[Snake]

Because you both have an IQ higher than the average person in today's world - read: your IQ is higher than 30 :P

[ThatOne]

> Why am I not surprised that a company that exists to track users and sell their data, is found to track users when they promised not to?

Why, on the contrary, you should be surprised! They said implied hinted let people believe they wouldn't do that!

[ibby]

Not sell, use

Google don't sell your data... that would let others make a buck. They monetise your data by themselves to the maximum extent possible.

[Rich 2]

There really is nothing else to say when it comes to Google, it’s abhorrent fixation on tracking and grabbing people’s personal details and the constant stream of weasely lies and deception it employs to try and cover up its activities.

I look forward to when Google eventually dies, which it inevitably will (*)

* the only problem being that it’s likely to die with the rest of us when we finally manage to destroy the planet. So that’ll be 20 (I’m an optimist!) years max

[sitta_europea]

A bit like Truth Social.

[Mint Sauce]

Shocked Pikachu face