Comment by two_in_one

3 years ago

Is it true Chrome keeps third party cookies while all other major browsers have disabled them long time ago? And disabling in Chrome isn't even scheduled, right? Then this is in addition to cookies.

Second, if you have a bunch of parameters attached to you, then you can be tracked. What exactly those parameters are doesn't matter, as long as the set is more or less stable and unique.

Third, do you really want to disclose your interest to every website? Without a way to opt out.

It is scheduled for 2024.

It does matter what is tracked, because advertisers need to be able to match on-site behavior to what they can identify and target in a bid.

You’re not disclosing your interest to every website. Your allowing your browser to store a list of your interests and then advertisers can target users who have those interests. This is miles more privacy focused than the current solution where any vendor can place pixels all over the web to build any audience they want, small or big. They can track really any data they want, combine it with any offline data see they want, and sell it to anyone they want.