The coronavirus saved tracking cookies. However, Chrome will not block them
Google disables SameSite in the Chrome browser. As he explains, this is not the best time for an aggressive fight against tracking cookies. The mechanism will work again when the threat of global COVID-19 epidemic has passed.
Chrome browser from version 80.x works using the new SameSite mechanism. Its task is to block websites from installing so-called cookies (a simple mechanism to remember choices made by the user on the website) from other domains than the one currently displayed.
The advantage of this solution is greater protection of user privacy. A properly written website or application should not serve cookies associated with a domain other than its own. The so-called external cookies are most often installed by advertising and tracking modules, which most often strongly interfere with our privacy. Unfortunately, the key word in the previous sentence is the word most often .
Some websites and applications use cookies from external domains to work properly. Google hoped that by blocking their support in the new Chrome - the market-dominant browser on the market - it would force developers to update web applications so that they comply with generally accepted cookie policy. But programmers now have better things to do.
Google disables SameSite in the Chrome browser . Temporarily.
The creators of Chrome are hoping to restart the SameSite mechanism this summer. For now, however, privacy will have to wait. Google makes the right decision.
Administrators of Internet services are now very busy adjusting the operation of their websites and applications for unexpected and significantly higher traffic, as well as adding new elements related to new functions - after all, a lot of companies due to the imposed restrictions must introduce new services to survive. Organizing cookie mechanisms today should not be a priority.
The coronavirus saved tracking cookies. However, Chrome will not block them
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