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diarrheaheartfailure: Microsoft: Google bypassed IE privacy settings too after bypassing Safari browser security ——————————— In the wake of reports that Google had sidestepped privacy settings in Apple’s Safari browser, Microsoft announced today it had discovered that the Web giant had done the same with Internet Explorer. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57381371-83/microsoft-google-bypassed-ie-privacy-settings-too/ Is Google’s AdSense Doomed?Google may have stepped in a bear trap this time. ————————————————————— Friday The Wall Street Journal claimed that Google had apparently figured out how to bypass Safari’s security settings (the default browser on Macs) and had been tracking people without their consent.Today, Microsoft accused Google of doing the same thing.But Microsoft did much more than just make the accusation (which is likely to draw attention from The Hill, given that they are under fire from the FTC on privacy issues already.)Microsoft published a “Tracking Protection List” that blocks all Google embeds.Literally all of them.Including all their ads on every web site you visit.If this takes hold among Internet Explorer users then Google’s “value” in the form of embedded advertising (Adsense) is a literal zero among IE users, and that’s still, today, the most-popular among PC users.It appears Google’s “do no evil” pledge was something they honored more in the breach than the observance, and this time they are butting heads with someone who can do something about it. One click at the above link from Microsoft and you will never see a Google-served ad on your computer again.Microsoft appears to have gone just a bit further than most people might want, in that they also killed Youtube embeds in the process, but that’s easily fixed if you care.Whether users will en-masse embrace that Microsoft-published blacklist is an open question, but for Google’s sake they better not, or AdSense has a major problem starting right about now. http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=202318 Google tricks Internet Explorer, foils privacy settings, Microsoft says ——————————————————- Google has secretly been bypassing your privacy settings in Internet Explorer, Microsoft claimed Monday afternoon.The startling accusation came in a blog post Monday by Dean Hachamovitch, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for Internet Explorer. On Friday, a Wall Street Journal investigation revealed that the search and advertising giant was bypassing the privacy settings of millions of people using Apple Safari browsers on iPhones and desktop computers.“When the IE team heard that Google had bypassed user privacy settings on Safari, we asked ourselves a simple question: is Google circumventing the privacy preferences of Internet Explorer users too?” Hachamovitch wrote.“We’ve discovered the answer is yes: Google is employing similar methods to get around the default privacy protections in IE and track IE users with cookies.”Google had been using special computer code to trick Apple’s Safari Web browser software into letting the company monitor users — tracking Safari is designed to block by default. When contacted by the Wall Street Journal, Google disabled the code and told Fox News the Journal was distorting its findings. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/20/google-tricks-internet-explorer-foils-privacy-settings-microsoft-says/?test=latestnews

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Microsoft: Google bypassed IE privacy settings too after bypassing Safari browser security

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In the wake of reports that Google had sidestepped privacy settings in Apple’s Safari browser, Microsoft announced today it had discovered that the Web giant had done the same with Internet Explorer.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57381371-83/microsoft-google-bypassed-ie-privacy-settings-too/


Is Google’s AdSense Doomed?
Google may have stepped in a bear trap this time.

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Friday The Wall Street Journal claimed that Google had apparently figured out how to bypass Safari’s security settings (the default browser on Macs) and had been tracking people without their consent.

Today, Microsoft accused Google of doing the same thing.

But Microsoft did much more than just make the accusation (which is likely to draw attention from The Hill, given that they are under fire from the FTC on privacy issues already.)

Microsoft published a “Tracking Protection List” that blocks all Google embeds.

Literally all of them.

Including all their ads on every web site you visit.

If this takes hold among Internet Explorer users then Google’s “value” in the form of embedded advertising (Adsense) is a literal zero among IE users, and that’s still, today, the most-popular among PC users.

It appears Google’s “do no evil” pledge was something they honored more in the breach than the observance, and this time they are butting heads with someone who can do something about it. One click at the above link from Microsoft and you will never see a Google-served ad on your computer again.

Microsoft appears to have gone just a bit further than most people might want, in that they also killed Youtube embeds in the process, but that’s easily fixed if you care.

Whether users will en-masse embrace that Microsoft-published blacklist is an open question, but for Google’s sake they better not, or AdSense has a major problem starting right about now.

http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=202318

Google tricks Internet Explorer, foils privacy settings, Microsoft says


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Google has secretly been bypassing your privacy settings in Internet Explorer, Microsoft claimed Monday afternoon.

The startling accusation came in a blog post Monday by Dean Hachamovitch, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for Internet Explorer. On Friday, a Wall Street Journal investigation revealed that the search and advertising giant was bypassing the privacy settings of millions of people using Apple Safari browsers on iPhones and desktop computers.

“When the IE team heard that Google had bypassed user privacy settings on Safari, we asked ourselves a simple question: is Google circumventing the privacy preferences of Internet Explorer users too?” Hachamovitch wrote.

“We’ve discovered the answer is yes: Google is employing similar methods to get around the default privacy protections in IE and track IE users with cookies.”

Google had been using special computer code to trick Apple’s Safari Web browser software into letting the company monitor users — tracking Safari is designed to block by default. When contacted by the Wall Street Journal, Google disabled the code and told Fox News the Journal was distorting its findings.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/20/google-tricks-internet-explorer-foils-privacy-settings-microsoft-says/?test=latestnews

(Source: diarrheaworldstarhiphop)

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