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Google’s FLoC Is a Terrible Idea

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604 points wyldfire | 1 comments | 04 Mar 21 15:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.256s | source
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msg ◴[04 Mar 21 20:12 UTC] No.26347593[source]▶
I'm intrigued by the idea that users will be able to solve this problem on the client side. Perhaps not on the underlying data directly, but running an adversarial browser agent clicking its way purposefully through the internet, in a tab you never look at.
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1. tgragnato ◴[04 Mar 21 23:37 UTC] No.26350091[source]▶
Or an “adversarial browser extension” clicking its way through the internet.

https://adnauseam.io/

I tried this, but after some time your IP just gets flagged for click fraud.

It's interesting because you won't see ads anymore, but you also won't be able to pollute more datasets.

Overall it’s been a “meh”