• catloaf@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    What exactly is the change being made? I don’t see that the article actually explains it anywhere.

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      6 days ago

      They are updating their Platforms program policies

      You can read the current version, archived here

      And here’s the proposed changes

      I haven’t read it all, but some glaring changes stand out in regards to fingerprinting (no longer prohibited) and device unique identifiers (no longer prohibited from gathering). Basically, Google wants to become even more lax with how users are tracked by their advertising partners