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You are aware that Google has vowed to actively fight any sort of fingerprinting right? https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/googles-chrome-will-soon-g...

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"Don't be evil" they said, until it became inconvenient.

You can't take Google at their word because their word doesn't mean much. Especially when those vows directly contradict their main source of revenue, targeted ads.

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” ― Upton Sinclair

I loved Google back in 2005. It's sad to see what it has become.

I still loved it as late as 2008... remember this?

http://blogoscoped.com/google-chrome/1

To borrow from Tony Stark: And I vowed to stop eating dairy, but then they named a Ben & Jerry's flavor after me, so ...

Or Google's equivalent would be, "Then we realized there was money in it, so ..."

I didn't remember this line. III Avengers 14:53, apparently.

You mean Infinity War? I'd never heard it referred to as Avengers 3, although I guess it's the third Avengers-branded one. And I edited the actual quote to include "vow"; the original is, "And I swore off dairy, but then Ben and Jerry’s named a flavor after me, so…".

https://seanlennaerts.github.io/mcuverse/ is now the best way to reference MCU lines.

That is a delight. For those who haven't seen it, its title is "MCU Bible Verse", and it's a fast searchable list of quotes from the Marvel movies with references done in Bible style.

The article you linked has Google stating they're planning, over the next few years, to add restrictions to the way fingerprinting is executed. Nothing mentions Google vowing to fight any sort of fingerprinting.

Yes, we're aware. The entire article linked in the OP is a direct response to Google's claims about fighting fingerprinting. The argument made by the Princeton researchers here is that Google's claims are not likely to result in good user privacy.

They’re adding an option, knowing full well that 95% of users will never even think to look in the menu.

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