I don't understand how picking between two different browser tracking technologies can "help combat racism, sexism, anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, and discrimination against those with mental illness with four lines of code,"
Because, Jesus if it were that easy why didn't we solve racism and sexism decades ago?
I can only speculate, but I believe the issue is that FLoC will start categorizing people by their browsing habits at the browser level. So within a period of time, the browser will know which groups you belong to and start showing you tailored content. As they state it's a privacy concern, I assume the issue is something like this: 1) Your browser figures you you are in a group such as LGBTQ+ and start tailoring your ad/news content accordingly. 2) Through means undefined, a bad actor finds this out (or ma
Or, and this is really more likely, WP is just full of it and thinks such wild claims will translate into compliance and/or more users. They're using a ridiculous (and empty) social/political claim to make a technical argument, and in my view it just makes them look like arrogant idiots or con-men. They invented a problem that might exist in the future, act like it already exists, inflate the f-k out of it, and then claim to be able to fix it.
Maybe I'm overlooking something (Score:5, Insightful)
I don't understand how picking between two different browser tracking technologies can "help combat racism, sexism, anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, and discrimination against those with mental illness with four lines of code,"
Because, Jesus if it were that easy why didn't we solve racism and sexism decades ago?
Re: (Score:5, Insightful)
I can only speculate, but I believe the issue is that FLoC will start categorizing people by their browsing habits at the browser level. So within a period of time, the browser will know which groups you belong to and start showing you tailored content. As they state it's a privacy concern, I assume the issue is something like this:
1) Your browser figures you you are in a group such as LGBTQ+ and start tailoring your ad/news content accordingly.
2) Through means undefined, a bad actor finds this out (or ma
Re:Maybe I'm overlooking something (Score:2)