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Google’s new Topics API makes users vulnerable to fingerprinting attacks (www.theregister.com)

submitted 1 year ago by RagnarokOnline@reddthat.com to c/technology

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Google has stated it plans to address developers’ concerns by “making web publishers promise not to abuse the API”.

Google’s new browser-based tracking functionality available via their “Topics API” has sparked numerous concerns recently, including fear that the heightened communication of web browser history could lead to “fingerprinting attacks” which could be used to track users across devices by profiling recent web history.

When prompted with this issue, Google started their short-term solution is to have web developers who enroll in the new Topics API platform take pledge that they will not abuse the new tool, whatever that means.

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[–] Bipta@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google is also about to force on Enhanced Safe Browsing which will report every URL you visit to them with no opt out.

It's finally really time to change browsers.

[–] JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Wow, that's so safe. Nothing more safer than the world's biggest advertising company having full access to my internet history.

It's just so dystopian almost, that these things that are objectively bad are named things that sound good, like Enhanced Safe Browsing, Topics API, Web Environment Integrity, etc