Google's "FLoC" And Your Privacy

[rawTOP]

Google is changing things and migrating away from tracking individual users to putting you into a general classification group based on the sites you visit when you use Google Search, etc. The new group-based system is called FLoC.

You can opt out of it by setting your browser to block 3rd party cookies. But most of you either won't know how to do that or won't get around to it.

SO… I've changed the configuration of my sites so none of them will be used in Google's FLoC calculations. This is something I doubt any of my competitors are doing for you. But I actually give a shit about your privacy.

[I was also one of the first to set up HTTPS, and probably one of the only sites among my competitors to set up HTTPS in a way that your ISP or company can't spy on you - all they can see is that your visiting Breeding Zone (that's mostly unavoidable at the moment), not the specific URL or contents of the page.]

[SpectreAgent]

18 minutes ago, rawTOP said:

Google is changing things and migrating away from tracking individual users to putting you into a general classification group based on the sites you visit when you use Google Search, etc. The new group-based system is called FLoC.

You can opt out of it by setting your browser to block 3rd party cookies. But most of you either won't know how to do that or won't get around to it.

SO… I've changed the configuration of my sites so none of them will be used in Google's FLoC calculations. This is something I doubt any of my competitors are doing for you. But I actually give a shit about your privacy.

[I was also one of the first to set up HTTPS, and probably one of the only sites among my competitors to set up HTTPS in a way that your ISP or company can't spy on you - all they can see is that your visiting Breeding Zone (that's mostly unavoidable at the moment), not the specific URL or contents of the page.]

I won’t pretend I understand much of that. But it’s pretty clear from what you’ve written that you’re watching our backs, so thank you. 

[EricX]

Thank you for doing this. 

[AirmaxUK]

This may be of interest - although the section on Safari is a little out of date:

[think before following links] https://www.howtogeek.com/241006/how-to-block-third-party-cookies-in-every-web-browser/

 

[MartyHVL]

Appreciate all your work behind this site RawTop and great that you keep us informed.  

[Bearseeder]

17 hours ago, RawPlug said:

I won’t pretend I understand much of that. But it’s pretty clear from what you’ve written that you’re watching our backs, so thank you. 

Well considering the site's contents we watch each other's backsides.

[SpectreAgent]

30 minutes ago, Bearseeder said:

Well considering the site's contents we watch each other's backsides.

And more besides...😂

[Guest Goodbye]

Thanks rT from a non techie, your efforts are appreciated. 😘

[1488]

what are they going to do serve ads for crack pipes?

[rawTOP]

On 4/14/2021 at 7:08 AM, 1488 said:

what are they going to do serve ads for crack pipes?

It could be used for ads for clinical trials of HIV medications, etc. It could also be used by conservatives for whatever message they want to sent us perverts.

[Guest rookie6969]

thank you.  i appreciate it.  I used Brave and DuckDuckGo for these reasons.  Unfortunately, they both suck for their primary purpose and don't use them much any longer.  But I value privacy and appreciate that you do as well.

[1488]

19 hours ago, rawTOP said:

It could be used for ads for clinical trials of HIV medications, etc. It could also be used by conservatives for whatever message they want to sent us perverts.

use adblock

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