| ▲ | apples_oranges 2 days ago | |
EU (or whoever) could mandate a switch in the browser, when turned on, all identifying apis are disabled. But the IP is still the same, so.. | ||
| ▲ | afiori 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
This falls into the same problem as the DNT header, while being a good technology it will be used by so few people that is might very well increase fingerprinting capabilities in some ways. | ||
| ▲ | kennywinker 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Non-hostile websites use identifying apis for functionality. Disabling them globally means a broken browsing experience. | ||
| ▲ | troupo 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
The law has been around for almost 10 years now. If browser vendors wanted, they could have come up with such a switch themselves. Guess which company is coincidentally is the world's largest advertiser, largest ad broker, largest data tracker and owns world's most popular browser? | ||