Google: IE Privacy Policy Is Impractical

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Google: IE Privacy Policy Is Impractical

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 21, 2012 @03:12AM from the like-a-landmine-with-redial dept.

itwbennett writes "In response to Microsoft's claim that Google circumvented Internet Explorer privacy protections (following the discovery that Google also worked around Safari's privacy settings), Google on Monday said that IE's privacy protection, called P3P, is impractical to comply with."

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Wer're safe! by accessbob · 2012-02-21 03:23 · Score: 5, Funny

Thank goodness they're not an evil company. It could have been M$ breaking the Web standard...
FTFY by elrous0 · 2012-02-21 03:24 · Score: 5, Funny

Google on Monday said that IE's privacy protection, called P3P, is unprofitable to comply with."

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Re:Microsoft Quality by SaroDarksbane · 2012-02-21 03:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Future News: For Windows 8, Microsoft has replaced the traditional log on screen with a text field. Users will now have to simply enter a reason why they should be allowed to log onto the system. The system will accept all answers.
Re:Impractical to who? by alphatel · 2012-02-21 03:43 · Score: 5, Funny

Why would the need to sell our demographic information to advertisers? They are a company that offers free profile pages to plus one enthusiasts.

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Re:Microsoft Quality by msauve · 2012-02-21 04:14 · Score: 5, Funny

Plus, P3P is faulty, it has a loophole which one can take advantage of. Much better to simply follow a properly designed spec for this sort of thing, like RFC 3514.

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