• Balder@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Yeah I also looked into it and there seems no concrete information on that, just speculation about the policy change, like this one:

    “While Google doesn’t explicitly state that IP addresses and other fingerprint methods are now allowed, the Privacy Disclosure section of Google’s February 16th Platforms Program Policies now explicitly mentions ‘cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, or other identifiers.’”

    When you dive into it, it does look more like companies that sell encryption and VPNs using some potential danger to get more subscribers.

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      3 days ago

      Ah, that Techlicious link is a great find, thanks. It does lay out clearly what the theoretical concern is. That’s still a far cry from the “Google will start fingerprintint you” scenario that seems to have people up in arms.

      Thanks for digging out this link, I really appreciate it.