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It's not as if the users set IE to read P3P headers so technically they didn't override any user settings. P3P is lacking: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/0

It's not as if the users set IE to read P3P headers so technically they didn't override any user settings. P3P is lacking: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/a-loophole-big-enough-for-a-cookie-to-fit-through/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/a-loophole-big-enou...

huxley 15y ago
So P3P is flawed and IE implements a flawed standard. Granted. Google is still using this flaw to override the user setting "Do not allow 3rd party cookies" to allow themselves to track users. There is no "technically" about this, they've misused the standard to override user settings.
- mattmcknight 15y ago
  Not exactly. The user setting is inaccurate, as it actually should have said "Do not allow 3rd party cookies, except for those from sites which have a code that indicates they aren't tracking cookies or a code we don't understand." Instead it says "Third Party Cookies" with choices of Accept, Block, or Prompt.
  - recoiledsnake 15y ago
    >Not exactly. The user setting is inaccurate, as it actually should have said "Do not allow 3rd party cookies, except for those from sites which have a code that indicates they aren't tracking cookies or a code we don't understand." That's exactly what they do. >Instead it says "Third Party Cookies" with choices of Accept, Block, or Prompt. No, it doesn't. You sound as if you have researched it, but you seem to be trying to mislead folks by spreading nonsense.
    - mattmcknight 15y ago
      Hmm....you act as if you have looked at it, but you haven't. You simply lie.
ugh 15y ago
Is that really so hard to understand? Google is intentionally using the loophole. They are intentionally circumventing users’ wishes. That’s nefarious. It’s first and foremost a moral failing. That’s exactly the problem. Just because it’s possible doesn’t mean it’s right. That the loophole exists is a separate issue that also has to be remedied – but it doesn’t make Google’s behavior any less evil.

huxley 15y ago

So P3P is flawed and IE implements a flawed standard. Granted. Google is still using this flaw to override the user setting "Do not allow 3rd party cookies" to allow themselves to track users. There is no "technically" about this, they've misused the standard to override user settings.

mattmcknight 15y ago
Not exactly. The user setting is inaccurate, as it actually should have said "Do not allow 3rd party cookies, except for those from sites which have a code that indicates they aren't tracking cookies or a code we don't understand." Instead it says "Third Party Cookies" with choices of Accept, Block, or Prompt.
- recoiledsnake 15y ago
  >Not exactly. The user setting is inaccurate, as it actually should have said "Do not allow 3rd party cookies, except for those from sites which have a code that indicates they aren't tracking cookies or a code we don't understand." That's exactly what they do. >Instead it says "Third Party Cookies" with choices of Accept, Block, or Prompt. No, it doesn't. You sound as if you have researched it, but you seem to be trying to mislead folks by spreading nonsense.
  - mattmcknight 15y ago
    Hmm....you act as if you have looked at it, but you haven't. You simply lie.

ugh 15y ago

Is that really so hard to understand? Google is intentionally using the loophole. They are intentionally circumventing users’ wishes. That’s nefarious. It’s first and foremost a moral failing. That’s exactly the problem. Just because it’s possible doesn’t mean it’s right. That the loophole exists is a separate issue that also has to be remedied – but it doesn’t make Google’s behavior any less evil.