[The Next Web] Google accused of ‘privacy gaslighting’ over its anti-tracking policy

Google’s watered-down anti-tracking policy for the web has invited fresh criticism from privacy experts who say the search giant’s move amounts to ‘privacy gaslighting.’ Last week, the company announced proposals for what it calls a ‘privacy sandbox’ — a solution that aims to protect your privacy while also offering advertisers a way to show you targeted ads without resorting to privacy-violating practices like fingerprinting. But what Google outlined stood in stark contrast to stricter anti-tracking countermeasures adopted by Apple and Mozilla, both of which have tracking protection enabled by default in Safari and Firefox. Google even went on to suggest…

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