{"id":9722,"date":"2021-04-19T16:15:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T20:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=9722"},"modified":"2021-04-19T16:15:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T20:15:16","slug":"googles-floc-ad-tracking-tech-rejected-by-brave-vivaldi-and-duckduckgo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/googles-floc-ad-tracking-tech-rejected-by-brave-vivaldi-and-duckduckgo\/","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s FLoC Ad Tracking Tech Rejected by Brave, Vivaldi, and DuckDuckGo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Browser vendors including Brave, Vivaldi, and search engine developer DuckDuckGo has so far rejected Google&#8217;s upcoming FLoC ad tracking tech due to <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/security\">security<\/a> concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google announced in March that it has plans to roll out a new <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/privacy\">privacy<\/a>-focused feature for the Chrome browser and ad-serving websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new feature labeled Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) is meant to replace the more traditional third-party cookies used by ad networks and analytics platforms to track users across the web. This potentially opens a can of worms in terms of security and user privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FLoC replaces tracking technologies like third-party cookies and localStorage with what is being called &#8220;cohorts&#8221;. This is done by the user&#8217;s individual web browser assuming responsibility of tracking users across the world wide web from ad servers and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FLoC has been criticized by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Google is running a Chrome &#8220;origin trial&#8221; to test out an experimental Federated Learning of Cohorts in regions including Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, and the United States currently affecting 0.5% of Chrome users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amifloced.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EFF has set up a page here<\/a> that can help you determine if you have been included in this testing. <a href=\"https:\/\/amifloced.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit this website<\/a> for more details about this testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Browser vendors including Brave, Vivaldi, and search engine developer DuckDuckGo has so far rejected Google&#8217;s upcoming FLoC ad tracking tech due to security concerns. 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