Since its #antitrust day, two more examples of the subtle ways platforms favor their own products/services in the marketplace:

1) Latest MacOS ‘Network Extensions’ framework prevents the firewall extensions from blocking/monitoring traffic to @Apple https://twitter.com/patrickwardle/status/1318465421796782082">https://twitter.com/patrickwa...

2) @Googlechrome exempts @Google properties (Google and Youtube) when Chrome browser is set to “Clear cookies and site data when you quit Chrome” https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/19/google_cookie_wipe/

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Technically the @Googlechrome issue is potentially also a #privacy violation since @Google is under order with @FTC to not misrepresent “the extent to which consumers may exercise control over the collection, use, or disclosure of covered information."

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These are also not the first time we’ve seen unwanted Google tracking cookies that circumvent browser privacy settings:

1) Mozilla / Safari / IE (2012) https://ashkansoltani.org/2012/02/25/cookies-from-nowhere/

2)">https://ashkansoltani.org/2012/02/2... Safari 3rd Party Blocking Bypass (2012): https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204880404577225380456599176">https://www.wsj.com/articles/...