Google Chrome IP address protection challenged by industry
www.theregister.com
Marketers tell antitrust cops privacy proxy will make it harder to protect kids online, etc etc

Google dragged to UK watchdog over Chrome’s upcoming IP address cloaking::Marketers tell antitrust cops privacy proxy will make it harder to protect kids online, etc etc

  • emmie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    122·
    1 year ago

    First time hearing of that ‘micro tor’ google thing. Why are they even doing this? It is so weird for them to do this. There has to be some kind of catch to it right?

    • anteaters@feddit.deEnglish
      362·
      1 year ago

      Non-browser ad blockers like the Pi-Hole block all network traffic to known servers that serve ads. Routing all web traffic through Google’s VPN disables this way of adblocking and only leaves in-browser solutions like u-block. And Google’s fight against those within Chrome is ongoing.

    • Franconian_Nomad@feddit.deEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      They explain this in in an episode of Graham Cluley‘s excellent podcast „Smashing Security“. I think in the episode from October 26th.