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April 3, 2020 07:57 pm
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/3/21207248/chrome-samesite-cookie-roll-back-update-privacy-settings
Google is temporarily rolling back Chromes SameSite cookie requirements
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
With the launch of Chrome 80 in February, Google began gradually rolling out an update that changes how third-party cookies work on websites, called “SameSite.” Today, it announced that it is temporarily rolling back this SameSite requirements in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The SameSite policy was a change in how Chrome treats cookies. Before, Chrome accepted more cookies by default, including from third parties. SameSite flipped that default. At a high level, that essentially means that unless a third-party cookie explicitly was set by a website owner as being okay, Chrome would block it. This move was intended to protect user privacy by limiting which cookies can function in a third-party context, which would supposedly curb...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/3/21207248/chrome-samesite-cookie-roll-back-update-privacy-settings
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