Google’s New Cookie Program More Crumble Than Cookie
Written by Evan SchumanJuly 19th, 2007
Google this week launched a new cookie program, aimed at appeasing privacy advocates. The search giant changed the cookies' expiration date from 2038 to two years after the consumer's last visit to Google.
At first glance, it sounded like an accommodating change. In reality, it's far from clear whether it truly gives privacy groups anything. First, giving up the 2038 date was easy, given that it's highly likely the Google cookie of today (or of a few years ago) will be entirely irrelevant to the Web user of 2038.
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Is there really an improvement between a mag swipe and contactless tap if multi-factor authentication is required?
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