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Google Chrome to Boost User Privacy by Improving Cookies Handling Procedure: Google Chrome to Boost User Privacy by Improving Cookies Handling Procedure
Google engineers plan to improve user privacy and security by putting a short lifespan on cookies delivered via HTTP connections.
Google hopes that the move will force website developers and advertisers to send cookies via HTTPS, which "provides significant confidentiality protections against [pervasive monitoring] attacks."
Sending cookies via plaintext HTTP is considered both a user privacy and security risk, as these cookies could be intercepted and even modified by an attacker.
Banning the sending of cookies via HTTP is not yet an option, so Chrome engineers hope that by limiting a cookie's lifespan, they would prevent huge troves of user data from gathering inside cookies, or advertisers using the same cookie to track users across different sites.
I mainly use Edge but reserve Chrome when I sign into my Bank of America web site. I find I can use the credit card 'Safe Pay' option only in Chrome. For some reason, it never loads correctly in Edge. That being said, I'm perfectly satisfied with the Edge Browser, but also glad I reserve Chrome for the reason listed above.
Chrome 66.0.3359.117 has been released. It seems to now have built in ad handling in the content section.