The online privacy debate has transitioned from a thoughtful discussion with progress on the shoulders of self-regulatory industry efforts, to the stalemate that currently exists between hardline privacy advocates, industry players and browser companies. A major factor in the breakdown of these discussions is the unilateral decisions made by the browsers to block part of the functionality that makes the Web function today—specifically, the Mozilla Firefox decision to wholesale block certain cookies from loading in the browser. This move was a complete surprise to the industry and is akin to 20th century doctors lobotomizing patients to cure a mental illness...[read more]
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Internet Privacy And The Lobotomy Of The Web
The online privacy debate has transitioned from a thoughtful discussion with progress on the shoulders of self-regulatory industry efforts, to the stalemate that currently exists between hardline privacy advocates, industry players and browser companies. A major factor in the breakdown of these discussions is the unilateral decisions made by the browsers to block part of the functionality that makes the Web function today—specifically, the Mozilla Firefox decision to wholesale block certain cookies from loading in the browser. This move was a complete surprise to the industry and is akin to 20th century doctors lobotomizing patients to cure a mental illness...[read more]
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