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Google Pulls the Plug: The End of Third-Party Cookies and What it Means | TWiT.TV (twit.tv)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by redfox@infosec.pub to c/technology@lemmy.world

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This episode of Security Now covered Google's plan to deprecate third party cookies and the reaction from advertising organizations and websites.

The articles and the opinions of the show hosts are that it may have negative or unintended consequences as rather than relying on Google's proposed ad selection scheme being run on the client side (hiding information from the advertiser), instead they are demanding first party information from the sites regarding their user's identification.

The article predicts that rather than privacy increasing, a majority of websites may demand user registration so they can collect personal details and force user consent to provide that data to advertisers.

What's your opinion of website advertising, privacy, and data collection?

Would you refuse to visit websites that force registration even if the account is free?
What's all the fuss about, you don't care?
Is advertising a necessary evil in fair trade for content?
Would this limit your visiting of websites to only a narrow few you are willing to trade personal details for?
Is this a bad thing for the internet experience as whole, or just another progression of technology?
Is this no different from using any other technology platform that's free (If it's free, you're the product)?
Should website owners just accept a lower revenue model and adapt their business, rather than seeking higher / unfair revenues from privacy invasive practices of the past?

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[–] ReallyKinda@kbin.social 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I already click right back out of websites that don’t make it easy to reject cookies or ask for an email. I certainly won’t be registering anywhere and will find other ways to get the information I need. At this point I am immediately turned off by anything that relies heavily on ad-revenue to exist anyway.

[–] redfox@infosec.pub 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What model is there? It's pretty much subscriptions, ads, or sales right?

Also, I'm the same way. As stated in previous reply.

[–] ReallyKinda@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

That sounds about right to me, maybe throw in government supported and nonprofits

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Do you have paid subscriptions to web sites you like?

[–] ReallyKinda@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I do—I support a handful of creators (including some web content creators) directly via patreon, and donate to the important guys like wiki and craigslist. I don’t support any news organizations and am not sure how they’ll pivot.

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Well many have paid subscriptions. I would love to see a total migration to "free with ads" and "micro payments for no ads". The site would show you your balance owing as you used it. That way you could register to pay but not be getting dinged every month for say a hiking site you only used half the year.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

99% of sites I visit once