[bno1]

I don't really get the point of the article. You can opt out of the privacy sandbox and block interests you don't want apps to see. The biggest change seems to be that chrome cand feed data into this system through an Android API, but doesn't this already happen through telemetry, analytics scripts and fingerprinting? You can also just not use chrome.

[shakna]

You can only opt out, once you know that it exists. To know that it exists, you first need to come across something such as the article.

[quanticle]

The point of the article is that Google is pitching Privacy Sandbox as the Android counterpart to Apple's App Tracking Transparency, when, in reality, it's anything but. App Tracking Transparency disables tracking unless the user opts in. Privacy Sandbox only disables tracking if the developer opts in. You can see this by reviewing the developer documentation [1] for Privacy Sandbox. It's totally optional on the part of the developer. Pitching Privacy Sandbox as an alternative to ATT deceptive marketing.

[1]: https://developer.android.com/design-for-safety/privacy-sand...

[jacooper]

The point of the article to deciphers google's false marketing that this is a privacy improvement when it clearly isn't.