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Google: IE Privacy Policy Is Impractical
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."
So you're telling me it's impractical to send nothing or to NOT SEND BS in the field?
Congratulations for being as evil as MS
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P3P has been Old and Busted since Slashdot first covered it in 2002.
Microsoft would never bring it up, if they weren't already in panic mode. This seems to indicate that MS is in far worse shape than we know.
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I think Google is being polite, as do people who quote a "lack of value"
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P3P
The main content of a privacy policy is the following:
which information the server stores:
which kind of information is collected (identifying or not);
which particular information is collected (IP address, email address, name, etc.);
Kind of information??? As if the AI problems were all solved. IP Address? Of course it is collected. Email address? Yes if there is an input box that says email address then the address is collected.
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I find it interesting that Microsoft also sends an invalid privacy header, just as they are complaining about Google doing.
I also find it interesting that MS is blaming Google for IE's failed handling on invalid P3P headers rather than fixing their product.
"but the data they use to do so never leaves their own servers."
I guess you believe everything you hear/read....
Why would the data leave their servers? They don't need to sell the information to advertisers--they simply tell advertisers, "We know everything about everyone. We will put your ad in front of the 1 million people most likely to respond. You don't need us to sell their information to you--they will provide it when they buy your product."
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How does Facebook do it (the Like button)? Does Facebook also circumvent it this way? Either Facebook found a way to do it better, or they are both doing the same thing.
Can we stop the Google/Microsoft bashing and focus on the techniques please?
That's for internet advertising. Google does no print advertising, which loads every mailbox in the nation with tons of shit. Considering the amount of people that use their real names, you don't think they'll sell all that data they collect on you to print advertisers for targeted mailing?
What's a mailbox? I don't have a single bill that shows up in my mailbox. It's all paid online. Anything that shows up in the USPS box just gets chucked into the burn barrel. (Unless it's a package shipped by one of the few companies that charges $1 to ship via USPS from clear across the US--but that's rare.)
To save myself time, I've been thinking about replacing my mailbox with an always-on burn barrel--maybe using a propane barbecue bottle to supply it. Maybe the USPS would finally get the hint. Anything 'important' needs a signature and the mail carrier knocks on the door.
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