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by rasz 2346 days ago
Last time Google researchers made similar discoveries, 2012, it was used to ... track users :-)

https://www.ghacks.net/2012/02/21/microsoft-google-is-also-b...

"We used known Safari functionality to provide features that signed-in Google users had enabled. It’s important to stress that these advertising cookies do not collect personal information."

and bypassing IE third party cookie protection: "impractical to comply with Microsoft’s request while providing modern web functionality." Google says complying with tracking protection is Impractical!