What is the preferred way to handle P3P for a young startup or a small (possibly academic) project? As I see it, there are seven relevant facts: 1. The intent of P3P is to make it so that you are personally, legally bound to enforce particular privacy guarantees. 2. The attempt to make a P3P standard has been abandoned for half a decade, and only one browser maker supports it, largely for historical reasons. Document…
If I read correctly, the article says that of the top 10000 sites 95% do have a valid P3P header. Does that make a decision any simpler for an aspiring startup?
Facebook and many other sites also bypass Internet Explorer privacy controls
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Re: Facebook and many other sites also bypass Internet Explorer privacy controls
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I doubt Facebook shares have anything to do with it. Microsoft wanted to embarrass Google, but the alleged crime is very common because IE's implementation of privacy controls is flawed.
IE's implementation of privacy controls is flawed. It really doesn't matter what MS does; they get bashed either way. In this case, their implementation is perfect: afaik, they're the only browser that actually follows the spec. FF, Chrome, etc., are just ignoring the standard. The problem here is that it's a really stupid standard, so that implementing it correctly results in brain-dead "protection". But Microsoft p…
Re: Facebook and many other sites also bypass Internet Explorer privacy controls
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Is it a joke to expect Google to honor user privacy?
It's a joke for people to expect that P3P is a good privacy model.
That's what I was responding to. They seem to be suggesting that the idea of trusting Google is absurd on the face of it.