Google Is Exploring an Alternative to Cookies for Ad Tracking

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"Google could create an anonymous identifier, tied to users of its Chrome browser on a specific device, that advertisers would use to target ads."

Wait what? Thats even worse for privacy. So incognito mode is a bust I guess? I thought with all the NSA revelations, we should be working against such tracking methods not towards it!

>>Wait what? Thats even worse for privacy. So incognito mode is a bust I guess? I thought with all the NSA revelations, we should be working against such tracking methods not towards it!

Duh! Google has their agenda and that's collecting as much info as possible to better monetize you and your grandma. I know you don't believe their crap about empowering you or your privacy. They are essentially a for-profit NSA.

I don't believe claims like this, but on this matter, this needs to be traced:

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3891677&cid=44076497

An important information from the "confidential" studies here for example would be what kind of monitors were tested

An "identifier, tied to users of its Chrome browser on a specific device, that advertisers would use to target ads"

Isn't that the most common definition of a cookie now? What's the difference between this and a cookie?

What's the difference between this and a cookie?

This not-quite-a-cookie wouldn't be suppressed by the technical mechanisms springing up to suppress cookies.

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