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Use the DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Googleโs New Tracking Method in Chrome
Google has created a new tracking method called FLoC, put it in Chrome, and automatically turned it on for millions of users.
๐ก FLoC is bad for privacy: It puts you in a group based on your browsing history, and any website can get that group FLoC ID to target and fingerprint you.
You can use the DuckDuckGo Chrome extension (pending Chrome Web Store's approval of our update) to block FLoC's tracking, which is an enhancement to its tracker blocking and directly in line with the extension's single purpose of protecting your privacy holistically as you use Chrome.
DuckDuckGo Search (via our website duckduckgo.com) is now also configured to opt-out of FLoC, regardless if you use our extension or app.
https://spreadprivacy.com/block-floc-with-duckduckgo/
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/9/22376110/duckduckgo-privacy-floc-block-chrome-extension-advertising-tech
#ddg #DuckDuckGo #google #FLoC #chrome #browser #ad #targeting #tracking #cookies #DeleteGoogle
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Google has created a new tracking method called FLoC, put it in Chrome, and automatically turned it on for millions of users.
๐ก FLoC is bad for privacy: It puts you in a group based on your browsing history, and any website can get that group FLoC ID to target and fingerprint you.
You can use the DuckDuckGo Chrome extension (pending Chrome Web Store's approval of our update) to block FLoC's tracking, which is an enhancement to its tracker blocking and directly in line with the extension's single purpose of protecting your privacy holistically as you use Chrome.
DuckDuckGo Search (via our website duckduckgo.com) is now also configured to opt-out of FLoC, regardless if you use our extension or app.
https://spreadprivacy.com/block-floc-with-duckduckgo/
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/9/22376110/duckduckgo-privacy-floc-block-chrome-extension-advertising-tech
#ddg #DuckDuckGo #google #FLoC #chrome #browser #ad #targeting #tracking #cookies #DeleteGoogle
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Spread Privacy
Use the DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Googleโs New Tracking Method in Chrome
Google has created a new tracking mechanism called FLoC, put it in Chrome, and automatically turned it on for millions of users. It's bad for privacy, which is why we're now blocking it in the DuckDuckGo extension.
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Brave disables Chromium FLoC features
https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/8468
#brave #browser #floc #chromium #chrome #google #DeleteGoogle
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https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/8468
#brave #browser #floc #chromium #chrome #google #DeleteGoogle
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GitHub
14942: Disable FLoC features and the provider service. by iefremov ยท Pull Request #8468 ยท brave/brave-core
Resolves brave/brave-browser#14942
Submitter Checklist:
I confirm that no security/privacy review is needed, or that I have requested one
There is a ticket for my issue
Used Github auto-closing...
Submitter Checklist:
I confirm that no security/privacy review is needed, or that I have requested one
There is a ticket for my issue
Used Github auto-closing...
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FLoC Block
Prevent Federated Learning of Cohorts aka FLoC ad-targeting code from running in Chrome.
FLoC, short for Federated Learning of Cohorts, is the new mechanism used by Google Chrome to group users into buckets based on their interests. You can read more about it here and why Brave and some other browsers have blocked it here. EFF did some analysis as well.
๐ก How does this Chrome Extension help?
If you HAVE to use Chrome but don't like the idea of being grouped into a bucket (aka cohort) based on the websites you visit, this extension is a simple way to prevent FLoC from divulging your "cohort id" to websites. The extension removes document.interestCohort() from every page so that a website cannot get your cohort id.
๐ก How do I install this extension?
๐๐ผ Download flocblock.zip from https://github.com/ShivanKaul/flocblock/releases/latest. Direct link: https://github.com/ShivanKaul/flocblock/releases/download/v0.0.1/flocblock.zip
๐๐ผ Extract extension.
๐๐ผ Follow the instructions to load into Chrome.
https://github.com/ShivanKaul/flocblock
#floc #block #chrome #browser #tracking #tool
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Prevent Federated Learning of Cohorts aka FLoC ad-targeting code from running in Chrome.
FLoC, short for Federated Learning of Cohorts, is the new mechanism used by Google Chrome to group users into buckets based on their interests. You can read more about it here and why Brave and some other browsers have blocked it here. EFF did some analysis as well.
๐ก How does this Chrome Extension help?
If you HAVE to use Chrome but don't like the idea of being grouped into a bucket (aka cohort) based on the websites you visit, this extension is a simple way to prevent FLoC from divulging your "cohort id" to websites. The extension removes document.interestCohort() from every page so that a website cannot get your cohort id.
๐ก How do I install this extension?
๐๐ผ Download flocblock.zip from https://github.com/ShivanKaul/flocblock/releases/latest. Direct link: https://github.com/ShivanKaul/flocblock/releases/download/v0.0.1/flocblock.zip
๐๐ผ Extract extension.
๐๐ผ Follow the instructions to load into Chrome.
https://github.com/ShivanKaul/flocblock
#floc #block #chrome #browser #tracking #tool
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GitHub
Release FLoC Block ยท ShivanKaul/flocblock
Contribute to ShivanKaul/flocblock development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Developers, itโs time for you to choose a side - Clean up the web!
Will you help rid the web of privacy-invading tracking or be complicit in it?
๐ฎ Remove third-party scripts from Google, Facebook, etc.
This includes Google Analytics (one of the most prevalent trackers in the world), YouTube videos, Facebook login widgets, etc.
These scripts enable people farmers like Google and Facebook to track people across the web as they go from site to site. If you embed them in your site, youโre complicit in enabling this tracking.
And yes, that absolutely includes fucking Google AMP.
https://cleanuptheweb.org/
๐๐ผ Read as well: Nobody is flying to join Googleโs FLoC - #Brave, #Vivaldi, #Edge, and #Mozilla are all out
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/16/22387492/google-floc-ad-tech-privacy-browsers-brave-vivaldi-edge-mozilla-chrome-safari
#cleanuptheweb #floc #google #DeleteGoogle #facebook #DeleteFacebook #tracking #thinkabout
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Will you help rid the web of privacy-invading tracking or be complicit in it?
๐ฎ Remove third-party scripts from Google, Facebook, etc.
This includes Google Analytics (one of the most prevalent trackers in the world), YouTube videos, Facebook login widgets, etc.
These scripts enable people farmers like Google and Facebook to track people across the web as they go from site to site. If you embed them in your site, youโre complicit in enabling this tracking.
And yes, that absolutely includes fucking Google AMP.
https://cleanuptheweb.org/
๐๐ผ Read as well: Nobody is flying to join Googleโs FLoC - #Brave, #Vivaldi, #Edge, and #Mozilla are all out
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/16/22387492/google-floc-ad-tech-privacy-browsers-brave-vivaldi-edge-mozilla-chrome-safari
#cleanuptheweb #floc #google #DeleteGoogle #facebook #DeleteFacebook #tracking #thinkabout
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The Verge
Nobody is flying to join Googleโs FLoC
The future of the web is at stake
GitHub blocks Google FLoC tracking
Yesterday, GitHub announced rolling out a mysterious HTTP header on all GitHub Pages sites.
GitHub Pages enables users to create websites right from within their GitHub repository.
And it turns out, this header, now being returned by GitHub sites, is actually meant for website owners to opt-out of Google FLoC tracking.
BleepingComputer also noticed the entire github.com domain had this header set, indicating GitHub did not want its visitors to be included in Google FLoC's "cohorts" when visiting any GitHub page.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-blocks-google-floc-tracking/
#github #goolag #FLoC #tracking
Yesterday, GitHub announced rolling out a mysterious HTTP header on all GitHub Pages sites.
GitHub Pages enables users to create websites right from within their GitHub repository.
And it turns out, this header, now being returned by GitHub sites, is actually meant for website owners to opt-out of Google FLoC tracking.
BleepingComputer also noticed the entire github.com domain had this header set, indicating GitHub did not want its visitors to be included in Google FLoC's "cohorts" when visiting any GitHub page.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-blocks-google-floc-tracking/
#github #goolag #FLoC #tracking
BleepingComputer
GitHub disables Google FloC user tracking on its website
GitHub has announced rolling out a mysterious HTTP header on all GitHub Pages sites to block Google FLoC tracking.