Article just says they used cookies for tracking. Does anyone have a better article, indicating why this work a workaround, and they it affected iPhones in particular?
> The complaint is that for several months in 2011 and 2012 Google placed ad-tracking cookies on the devices of Safari users which is set by default to block such cookies.
Seems they used cookies for tracking despite Safari supposedly disabling those kind of cookies.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8048306/what-is-the-most...
http://alexanderhiggins.com/google-fined-22-5m-for-hacking-s...
Here, we're applying similar benefit to the consumer. The consumer has expressed they do not wish to be tracked. The application of a loophole does not make it okay.
Is it a little over-reaching? Possibly. But it's about time things were over-reaching in the consumer's benefit, rather than the corporations'.