MediaPost reports Google intends to kickstart a privacy initiative to curb the proliferation of device fingerprinting. Google Software Engineer Brianna Goldstein wrote the updated IP Protection tool will route third-party tracking attempts through "proxies for the purpose of protecting the user by masking their IP address from those domains." Google also formed a list of trackers IP Protection will focus on.
24 Oct. 2023
Updated Google tool will address device fingerprinting
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