A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Journal on Google, Apple, and “Privacy” via @johnbattelle

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A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Journal on Google, Apple, and “Privacy” via @johnbattelle

The news alert from the Wall St. Journal hit my phone about an hour ago, pulling me away from tasting “Texas Bourbon ” in San Antonio to sit down and grok this headline: Google’s iPhone Tracking . Now, the headline certainly is attention-grabbing, but the news alert email had a more sinister headline: “Google Circumvented Web-Privacy Safeguards.” Wow! What’s going on here? Turns out, no one looks good in this story, but certainly the Journal feels like they’ve got Google in a “gotcha” moment. As usual, I think there’s a lot more to the story, and while I’m Thinking Out Loud right now, and pretty sure there’s a lot more than I can currently grok, there’s something I just gotta say. First, the details. Here’s the lead in the Journal’s story, which requires a login/registration: “Google Inc. and other advertising companies have been bypassing the privacy settings of millions ...

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@rjamestaylor » 26 Feb '12, 12pm
Totally stupid article pimping Google. Comments are golden, though: [link]
@jbletsch » 25 Feb '12, 10pm
According to Battelle the "open web" is the one where Google should be allowed to track your activity for ads [link]
@yagoabascal » 25 Feb '12, 9am
Este artículo critica tanto que Apple en Safari para iOS rompa las reglas como que Google haya burlado esa restricción [link]
@ayondAB » 24 Feb '12, 9am
A sad state of Interrnet Affairs: Google, Apple and "privacy" [link] #google #apple #privacy
@bluebrain » 23 Feb '12, 8pm
Is Apple's third party cookie blocking a privacy issue or an economical one? Decide yourself [link] [link] #twit
@bergmayer » 23 Feb '12, 12pm
Nice that John Battelle thinks that ubiquitous tracking is synonymous with "the open web." [link]
@toshiya » 21 Feb '12, 12pm
興味深いのは「本当に邪悪なのは Google ではなく Apple の方だ」と言及しているこちらの記事。 [link] そもそもデフォルトでサードパーティ cookie を受け付けないという設定が、open web の考えに反していてありえないと。
@brefe » 20 Feb '12, 11pm
A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Journal on Google, Apple, and “Privacy” [link] (via @summify)
@shellshockuk » 20 Feb '12, 4pm
@johnbattelle his version of the google iphone affair: [link]
@leolaporte » 20 Feb '12, 4pm
It's not all Apple's fault @gorskic - but there is an alternate interpretation to what Google did on iOS: [link]
@rushvora » 20 Feb '12, 8am
The other side of the Google-Apple-Safari story. [link]
@jackerhack » 20 Feb '12, 7am
RT @r0h1n: Nice contra argument by @johnbattelle in the Google vs. Apple Safari saga: [link]
@r0h1n » 20 Feb '12, 7am
Nice contra argument by @johnbattelle in the Google vs. Apple Safari saga: [link]
@ricedoutyugo » 20 Feb '12, 5am
[link] "What I didn’t realize was that it was 'the Internet, as Apple wishes to understand it, in my pocket.'"
@NKU_lawreview » 20 Feb '12, 1am
A good follow-up to the NYT article (also linked in its text): [link]
@gugliada » 19 Feb '12, 11pm
A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Journal on Google, Apple, and “Privacy” [link] vía @johnbattelle
@recanati » 19 Feb '12, 6pm
RT @Rhodium: A bit of perspective on Google, Safari, and privacy: [link]
@rhodiumlive » 19 Feb '12, 3pm
A bit of perspective on Google, Safari, and privacy: [link]
@oscarmarinmiro » 18 Feb '12, 6pm
John Batelle on the Google Iphone tracking issue: [link]
@franmaier » 18 Feb '12, 4pm
A worthwhile perspective: A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Journal on Google, Apple, and “Privacy” [link] @johnbattelle
@bark140 » 18 Feb '12, 4pm
RT @omertene: Another angle on the Google/Safari story, and on using "#privacy" as a sword in the online-mobile wars. [link]
@omertene » 18 Feb '12, 4pm
Another angle on the Google/Safari story, and on using "#privacy" as a sword in the online-mobile wars. [link]
@netsociology » 18 Feb '12, 4pm
RT @dmlcentral: A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Wall Street Journal on Google, Apple, and “Privacy” [link] via @johnbattelle #privacy
@dmlresearchhub » 18 Feb '12, 4pm
A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Wall Street Journal on Google, Apple, and “Privacy” [link] via @johnbattelle #privacy
@kstrobech » 18 Feb '12, 3pm
Great take on Google-Apple Safari “privacy" incident. Blog+comments. Real insight, always a treat! [link] via@gruber @brynskov
@chintankamin » 18 Feb '12, 2pm
This article says that Apple wants to prevent Google from secretly tracking you because Apple hates you. Really. [link]
@dgatterdam » 18 Feb '12, 1pm
RT@OxbloodRuffin: A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Journal on Google, Apple, and #Privacy by John Battelle. [link]
@josemota » 18 Feb '12, 12pm
RT @dangillmor: A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Journal on Google, Apple, and “Privacy” | John Ba... [link] via @twttimes
@phil_hendrix » 18 Feb '12, 12pm
Google's iPhone Tracking? Issues WSJ should have raised - good discussion by @johnbattelle [link]
@jemaleddin » 18 Feb '12, 12pm
This post argues that Google was avoiding privacy settings to be nice and Apple protected privacy to be mean. What? [link]
@APangOfGuilt » 18 Feb '12, 12pm
EFF condemns big G for privacy circumvention. This post has some nuances [link] "Turns out, no one looks good in this story"
@irregulara » 18 Feb '12, 11am
APPLE BREAKS THE OPEN WEB [link] ...or, you know, ad network tracking via cookies.
@domingogallardo » 18 Feb '12, 11am
Es tan retorcido que da risa: argumentar que Apple es cerrada y mala porque nos quita la libertad de que nos espíen - [link]
@KarelBrits » 18 Feb '12, 11am
RT @jacopogio: A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Journal on Google, Apple, and “Privacy” [link] via @johnbattelle
@kstrobech » 18 Feb '12, 9am
RT @brynskov: Google-open against Apple-consent. A battle of revenue models (ads vs. wares). Read the comments [link] via @gruber
@meta_lab » 18 Feb '12, 9am
RT @OxbloodRuffin: A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Journal on Google, Apple, and #Privacy by John Battelle. [link]
@brynskov » 18 Feb '12, 8am
Google-open against Apple-consent. A battle of revenue models (ads vs. wares). Read the comments [link] via @gruber
@therealprotonk » 18 Feb '12, 6am
[link] Man this guy is trying REALLY hard to make it Apple's fault.
@gruber » 18 Feb '12, 6am
@counternotions I'll bet you enjoyed this one: [link]
@links_for_twit » 18 Feb '12, 1am
A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Journal on Google, Apple, and “Privacy” | John Battelle's Search Blog | In shor... [link]
@b2ix » 18 Feb '12, 12am
interesting article on google, apple and privacy (the flip side of big data imo) by @johnbattelle [link] via @catpoetry
@simonvart » 17 Feb '12, 11pm
About Google circumventing iOS' Safari default cookies settings - in a quick and smart perspective | [link]
@largerama » 17 Feb '12, 11pm
RT @john_larkin: Intrigiong post: A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Journal on Google, Apple, and “Privacy” [link]
@john_larkin » 17 Feb '12, 11pm
Intrigiong post: A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Journal on Google, Apple, and “Privacy” [link]
@NathanBowers » 17 Feb '12, 10pm
Somehow Apple is evil for preventing intrusive cookie tracking because "that’s how it’s done on the open web." [link]
@PhilOnEdTech » 17 Feb '12, 10pm
Apple's not looking so good in the Google privacy flap, either [link]
@conikeec » 17 Feb '12, 10pm
A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Journal on Google, Apple, and “Privacy” [link] via @prismatic
@sfmnemonic » 17 Feb '12, 9pm
From @johnbattelle : Neither Google nor Apple looks good in WSJ story. 'The Journal on Google, Apple, and “Privacy”' [link]
@maggieshiels » 17 Feb '12, 9pm
A complicated story with lots attention grabbing headlines. John Battelle tries to make sense of it at 11pm at night. [link]
@joemorone » 17 Feb '12, 9pm
A great piece by @johnbattelle discussing the WSJ story on google, apple and user privacy: [link]